(15 Jan 2025)
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Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip – 15 January 2025
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1. Various of people celebrating after announcement of ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Iyad Abu Obeid, Deir Al Balah resident:
"All citizens feel relieved and happy with the news of the ceasefire, and we hope to return to our homes, villages and cities as soon as possible."
3. Various of people celebrating
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Wadi from Gaza city:
"We have been waiting for this happiness for a year and a half. No one can feel the feeling that we are experiencing now, an indescribable, indescribable feeling. I want to return to Gaza, return to Shejaiya, to my home."
5. Various of people celebrating
STORYLINE:
Gazans celebrated an expected ceasefire deal on Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the ceasefire deal with Hamas has still not been reached and that the final details were still being sorted out.
That comes after multiple mediators had said Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and the release dozens of hostages after more than 15 months of war.
Any deal is expected to pause the fighting and bring hopes for winding down the most deadly and destructive war Israel and Hamas have ever fought, a conflict that has destabilized the Middle East and sparked worldwide protests.
Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants stormed into southern Israel and killed about 1,200 people and abducted around 250. A third of the 100 hostages still held in Gaza are believed to be dead.
The Israel Hamas-war has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to health authorities there. The Health Ministry does not distinguish between fighters and civilians, but says women and children make up more than half the fatalities.
AP video by Abdel Kareem Hana and Wafaa Shurafa
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