(16 Jan 2025)
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Amman, Jordan – 15 January 2025
1. Various of Jordanians celebrating in the streets
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Tasbeeh abu-Hannoud, Amman resident:
“The day has come for us to share their joy, the entire Islamic world is with you, all the free peoples of the earth support you, do not look at the governments, we are the people, our tears for you have not stopped, our donations to you have not stopped, what you did is a debt on our necks until the Day of Judgment, you are the salt of the earth, you are the great ones of the earth, you are the best people of the earth, you are the people of Gaza, we congratulate you on this victory.”
3. People waving flags
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Majd Hammad, Palestinian refugee from Gaza:
“Of course, we have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and my feelings are indescribable, and I cannot describe my feelings. I ask Allah to have mercy on the martyrs, and to have mercy on all the leaders, and we support them until the last moment, and we, with our people in Jordan, are following the ceasefire moment by moment, and I salute them with all my heart. I ask God to have mercy on the martyrs, and we congratulate our people in Gaza (on the victory).”
5. Pan along security
6. Wide of celebrations
STORYLINE:
Jordanians took to the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.
Hundreds of men and women carried Palestinian flags and photos of Hamas leaders chanted in support of Palestinians.
Many described the ceasefire agreement as a victory for the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip.
"We have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and my feelings are indescribable, and I cannot describe my feelings," said Majd Hammad, a Palestinian refugee from Gaza.
The demonstrators also chanted against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and against Israel.
The rallies took place in several Jordanian cities and in Palestinian refugee camps.
The three-phase ceasefire deal promises the release of dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and it will allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes.
It also will flood desperately needed humanitarian aid into a territory ravaged by 15 months of war.
The Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said the ceasefire would go into effect on Sunday.
He made the announcement in the Qatari capital of Doha, the site of weeks of painstaking negotiations.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the last details were still being ironed out and that it hoped they “will be finalized tonight.”
An Israeli official familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity said those details center on confirming the list of Palestinian prisoners who are to be freed. Any agreement must be approved by Netanyahu’s Cabinet.
Once the first phase of the deal takes effect, it is expected to deliver an initial six-week halt to fighting along with the opening of negotiations on ending the war altogether.
Over those six weeks, 33 of the nearly 100 hostages are to be reunited with their loved ones after months in captivity with no contact with the outside world, though it’s unclear if all are alive.
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