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We are finally in our home. There is no home left, just rubble, but it's our home,
said Rana Mohsen, 43
All the prisoners being released today feel like family to us. They are part of us, even if they're not blood relatives,
Amanda Abu Sharkh, 23, told AFP
More families are waiting anxiously for their loved ones to come home,
said International Committee of the Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric, calling on all sides to "adhere to their commitments to ensure the next operations can take place safely".
It is imperative that this ceasefire removes the significant security and political obstacles to delivering aid,
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
We're trying to reach a million people within the shortest possible time,
the WFP's deputy executive director, Carl Skau, told AFP
The delay in providing the names of those to be released in the first batch is due to technical reasons,
the group said in a statement
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 saidAfter 471 days Emily is finally home, ... for too many other families the impossible wait continues."
said her mother Mandy Damari,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,
Ma said
How do we rebuild a life in such conditions, knowing that this cease-fire might crumble as quickly as it came?"
she askedI express gratitude to all the mediators,
the Argentine pontiff said shortly after the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas began
May everyone say yes to dialogue, yes to reconciliation, yes to peace,
he addedWe should seize on the momentum to commit to a Palestinian state that can coexist with the State of Israel,
he added
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 termThe road to this deal has been not easy at all, it was a long road,
Biden saidAt last the guns are silent. Israeli hostages are finally being released,
Scholz wrote on the X social media platformWe hope this will lead to a safe and sustained supply of humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza,
it added
We welcome the announcement of the agreement for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza,
the Ministry of External Affairs saidI would like to thank the Indian government for supporting our right for self-defence and we specially appreciate the overwhelming support of the Indian people,
Azar said in a video released by the Israeli embassyThe ceasefire Israel signed off to is a first phase of a gradual deal which has the potential of bringing back our hostages and also making sure Hamas won't be ever able to massacre Israelis like it did on October 7 ,
the Israeli ambassador said