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Israel will not tolerate violations of the agreement,
We will not allow weapons to be smuggled in, nor allow our hostages to be smuggled out,
Today I tried to write a birthday message for his second birthday, for the second time, for a child who cannot celebrate, a child who isn't here, a child who might not even be alive. But no words came, only tears,
said Ofri Bibas, Kfir's aunt We will remain in a tent, but the difference is that the bleeding will stop, the fear will stop, and we will sleep reassured,
The first thing I will do is go and check my house,
said Mohamed Mahdi, a father of two who was displaced from Gaza City's Zaytoun neighborhood What is this truce that kills us hours before it begins?”
asked Abdallah Al-Aqad, the brother of a woman killed by an airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis 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 (of them) alive,
We are trying not to get too excited in case things don’t go as planned,
said Ansam, 20, who has been displaced five times and lost over a dozen members of her extended family I don’t know what to prepare for: a festival or a funeral,
he told The Independent on Saturday evening We will be unable to move forward with the framework until we receive the list of the hostages who will be released, as was agreed. Israel will not tolerate violations of the agreement. Hamas is solely responsible,
a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, said The government has approved the framework for the return of the hostages. The framework for the hostages’ release will come into effect on Sunday,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement A ceasefire will allow for improved planning of operations for achieving the war’s goals — if we don’t achieve them through diplomacy or otherwise,
The involvement of President-elect Trump’s team has been absolutely critical in getting this deal over the line,
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said of the deal The continued occupation by the Israel [military] inside the UNIFIL area operations and the conduct of military operations in Lebanese territory are violations of Resolution 1701,
said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres The Presidency affirmed its firm position of the necessity of an immediate ceasefire in and full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The Presidency reiterated that it was necessary to establish an immediate ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and pave the way for the State of Palestine to assume full responsibility for the Gaza Strip as an integral part of the occupied territory."
Stressing Gaza as an integral part of Palestine, the President said in a statement The government administrative and security personnel were fully prepared to carry out their tasks to alleviate the suffering inflicted on the Gaza population, allow displaced persons to return to their houses, restore essential services to the Strip, assume responsibility for the border crossings and help commence Gaza reconstruction,
We haven’t committed to any of the delusional demands of Hamas,
the Israeli prime minister said in February last year I love Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and will make sure that he continues to be prime minister,
Itamar Ben Gvir, the national security minister, said in a statement Friday morning We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it is lost,
