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I’m happy to report that they are in stable condition. That allows us and them to focus on what is the most important thing for now – reuniting with the families.”
A member of the hospital staff, Professor Itai Pessach, said As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday,
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said If we are forced to resume the war, we will do so with force,
With this agreement, we will bring back 33 of our brothers and sisters, the majority alive,
We retain the right to return to the war, if necessary, with the backing of the United States,
Netanyahu said in a televised address The progress in the past few days is a very important step, but the deal must go through in full, completely, in all of its stages,
Argamani said in a speech in Miami on Thursday Without a fundamental settlement of the two sides' historical disputes and the implementation of the two-state solution, any cease-fire could be a pause in the next conflict,
How do we rebuild a life in such conditions, knowing that this cease-fire might crumble as quickly as it came?"
We want it to end, but to keep doing what has to be done,
We should seize on the momentum to commit to a Palestinian state that can coexist with the State of Israel,
After so much pain, death and loss of life, today the guns in Gaza have gone silent,
Biden said, regarding a truce he had hoped would come before the end of his term The road to this deal has been not easy at all, it was a long road,
At last the guns are silent. Israeli hostages are finally being released,
Scholz wrote on the X social media platform I pray so much for them, and their families. I also hope that humanitarian aid will even more quickly reach ... the people of Gaza, who have so many urgent needs,
We stand ready to support her upon her release,
Hostages starting to come out today! Three wonderful young women will be first,
Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social Thanks to all the parties involved in this important outcome. I hope that, as agreed, it will be immediately respected by the parties and that all the hostages will finally be able to go home to hug their loved ones again,
We are now waiting for the day we head back to our home in Gaza City. Damaged or not, it doesn’t matter, the nightmare of death and starvation is over,
I can’t describe my feelings of happiness today,
Zein El Abdeen, a truck driver, told the outlet while in tears I feel like at last I found some water to drink after getting lost in the desert for 15 months. I feel alive again,
Aya, a woman from northern Gaza City who had taken shelter in central Gaza for over a year, told Al Jazeera