The UN has said that people in Gaza are “effectively starving.” Before the war, the territory was “largely self-sufficient” in fresh produce, it added. But Israel’s mili

The ceasefire in Gaza began at 9.15am UK time, after facing a delay while Israel waited for Hamas to provide the list of hostages to be freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

Hamas is expected to release three hostages Sunday, while Israel will set free around 90 Palestinian prisoners—halting hostilities while a permanent truce is negotiated.

The anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, began in Gaza at 11:15 local time (09:15 GMT), nearly three hours after initially scheduled. Ahram Online provides a live coverage of the events which could signal the start of the end of 470 days of a genocidal Israeli war that killed and wounded nearly 10 percent of the 2.

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.

The long-awaited ceasefire and hostage release deal between the Israeli government and Hamas will take effect on Sunday, potentially signaling a new chapter in a bloody 15-month conflict that has enflamed the Middle East.

Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip on Sunday, as a ceasefire due to come into effect in the morning was delayed over a dispute over the identity of the first hostages to be released under the deal.

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas signals a tentative end to the 15-month conflict in Gaza, but the toll of widespread destruction and displacement has plunged the Palestinian enclave into a severe humanitarian crisis,

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TEL AVIV, January 19. /TASS/. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) has dismissed all actions against the release of Palestinian prisoners within the agreement on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Now14 TV channel reported.