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Fighting halts in Gaza as ceasefire takes effect after brief delay
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Israel's Netanyahu delays Gaza cease-fire vote, accusing Hamas of trying to back out of deal
Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal comes into effect after nearly 3 hour delay
A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has come into effect at 9:15 GMT (2:15 pm PKT) after a nearly three-hour delay. The ceasefire was initially set to begin earlier but was postponed after Hamas provided the names of three Israeli captives to be released under the agreement.
Mughrabi, Maayan Lubell and Emily RoseJERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians headed for the rubble of their former homes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Israelis prepared to receive the first hostages still held by Hamas after a ceasefire deal took effect that could pave the way for an end to the 15-month-old war.
According to the January 8 Guardian, the New York Times refused to publish an anti-war ad from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) that referred
The ceasefire is expected to begin Sunday, though key questions remain, including the names of the 33 hostages to be released during the six-week first phase of the ceasefire and who among them is
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News of a ceasefire deal on Wednesday also felt long overdue to Rabbi Eitan Krul of the Congregation Shaar Hashalom in Houston. Krul, who moved to the U.S. two years ago from Israel, said as a religious leader, his aim is on being bigger than the agendas of political leaders.
The Israeli prime minister said the truce expected to come into effect on Sunday may only be temporary, and Israel retained the right to resume fighting.
"If Israelis don’t control it, they don’t control Gaza,” Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes says of the Philadelphi Corridor.
Hamas has reportedly agreed to a draft of a multi-phase cease-fire deal with Israel that would include the release of hostages who were taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
Benjamin Netanyahu warns ceasefire with Hamas is ‘temporary’ as first hostages expected to be released on Sunday
Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the 15-month war.
The ceasefire was delayed after Israel said Hamas had failed to produce the names of the first three hostages expected to be released on Sunday under the truce.
Fighting in the Gaza Strip halted on Sunday as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas took effect after a brief delay, pausing a 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political change to the Middle East.
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