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I will go to kiss my land,
said Nasr al-Gharabli, who fled his home in Gaza City for a camp further south The government has approved the hostage return plan,
the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Saturday after the cabinet held its vote As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 am on Sunday, January 19, local time in Gaza. We advise the inhabitants to take precaution, exercise the utmost caution, and wait for directions from official"
Majed Al Ansari’s post on X (formerly Twitter) said The first stage, which lasts 42 days, includes a ceasefire, the withdrawal and redeployment of Israeli forces outside densely populated areas, the release of hostages and exchange of prisoners and detainees, the exchange of the remains of the deceased, the return of internally displaced persons to their places of residence in the Gaza strip, and facilitating the departure of patients and wounded to recieve treatment."
The Qatari ministry wrote The first stage also includes intensifying the safe and effective entry and distribution of humanitarian aid on a large scale throughout the Gaza strip, ... rehabilitating hospitals, health centers, and bakeries, bringing in civil defense supplies and fuel, and bringing in shelter supplies for displaced persons who lost their homes due to the war."
the Qatari Foreign Ministry explained, including I am confident and we expect that implementation will begin on Sunday,
Blinken told reporters on Thursday We have been making efforts to lift the sanctions from the first day of the [Assad] regime’s fall, and we do not want Syria to collapse,
The sanctions were imposed on the Assad regime and are not logical now. The new administration is not expected to address international concerns and work for its people under sanctions simultaneously,
A humanitarian protocol has been reached regarding the mechanism for delivering aid to prevent blackmail,
This meeting was expected to take place on Saturday, but pressure from mediators has made them start today,
We reject Israel’s reckless act of incursion in the buffer zone in Syria. We talked with Ahmad al-Sharaa and affirmed the necessity of Israeli withdrawal and that the incursion should not create a new reality,
Isn't it amazing how one man achieved in one year what millions of people couldn't do in decades
she asks rhetorically, ticking off the effects I believe if this continues to be the attitude and approach for the next four years, we can create a lot of good things for the region."
Commenting on how the incoming administration has operated during negotiations, he said Failure is not an option."
Qatar's prime minister has said ... adding: There is no basis to Netanyahu's claims about the movement backtracking from terms in the ceasefire agreement."
However, Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri was quoted by Al Jazeera as saying I'm having mixed feelings right now, because when you are trying to survive, you don't really feel grief and now that we are less stressed the grief starts,
Fatma Jamal Muhaisen, a nutritionist at Al Helou International Hospital in Gaza City, told China Daily via WhatsApp Our work has not ended; this is merely a step forward."
In a post on X, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said China supports the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and will continue to make active efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and support post-war reconstruction in Gaza,
The EU presence would be of great importance,
We have a deal. What’s very important is to start implementation,
Abdelatty said from the foreign ministry's headquarters in The New Administrative Capital, a newly built sprawling city about 28 miles (45 kilometers) east of Cairo that houses government offices
