(10 Feb 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 10 February 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. People walking near stands selling products
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Issam Al-Najjar, resident of Khan Younis:
"The decision issued is a natural result, although everyone is afraid of the consequences of this decision, but it is a decision that expresses the opinion of the street. It is a decision, despite its harshness, but it is necessary, because the vision is not clear among the Gazan people. All that entered through the crossings are materials that are not important, most of them are luxury materials and not basic materials. No basic materials entered."
3. Wide of people passing by stands in the street
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Yusuf, resident of Khan Younis:
"People are all afraid. Today, people have begun to stock up on supplies for fear that war will return again. There is no safety, because any flaw in the agreement leads to the return of war, and the threat of a return of war. People, due to the many things they faced during the war, have become afraid of anything from any statement, from both sides, whether from the enemy or the ruling authority in Gaza.”
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Abu Latifa, resident of Khan Younis:
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED++
"Of course, we, in the Gaza Strip, are afraid of these statements that a war more severe than the previous war will break out, because of all these threats. We are very, very afraid in the Gaza Strip that the war will return again. We breathed a sigh of relief when it ended with the agreement that happened, and that the people returned to their homes.”
6. People in the stands, walking in the streets
STORYLINE:
Palestinians fretted the possibility of the truce falling apart after Hamas said it will delay the release of more hostages after accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire.
“People are all afraid. Today, people have begun to stock up on supplies for fear that war will return again," said Mohammad Yusuf of Khan Younis.
“There is no safety, because any defect in the agreement leads to the return of war, and the threat of a return of war,” he added.
Hamas said on Monday it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under heavy pressure to secure the release of remaining hostages after three Israelis on Saturday came home emaciated after 16 months in captivity.
Hamas said its plan to delay the next hostage release “until further notice” depended on whether Israel “abides by its obligations.”
The announcement came as Palestinians and the international community seethed over President Donald Trump’s recent comments that Palestinians from Gaza would not have a right to return under his proposal for the U.S. to take over the war-torn territory.
In an effort to improve relations with the Trump administration, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ended a controversial system that paid stipends to the families of Palestinian prisoners, including those convicted in deadly attacks on Israel.
Israel and Hamas are amid a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
The sides have carried out five swaps since the ceasefire’s first phase went into effect on Jan. 19, freeing 21 hostages and over 730 Palestinian prisoners.
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