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There is joy and excitement [over the ceasefire] everywhere, and people think that this ceasefire will bring life back to normal. But this is not true,
No department in the hospital can offer any medical service,
This was the first time the hospital reception or the emergency department was empty,
Salaha, a general practitioner at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, told Al Jazeera on Monday Every day we received wounded people, most of them in critical condition,
We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war,
We will spare no effort to alleviate the immense suffering and scale up the humanitarian delivery.”
He also thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross for ensuring the safe release of three Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, who were reunited with their families, adding After 470+ days, the people of Gaza hear the sound of children playing instead of bombardments and airstrikes,
The operation was complex, requiring rigorous security measures to minimise the risks to those involved,
The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement October 7 Will Remain A Source Of Pride To Our People And Our Resistance, And Will Be Passed Down From Generation To Generation,
Israel is held at gunpoint by the Hamas terror organization and has agreed to release almost 2,000 convicted Palestinian terrorists, to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and to temporarily cease-fire in order to repatriate 33 Israeli hostages."
[T ... T]oday the guns in Gaza are silent" and this deal was "one of the toughest negotiations I have been a part of."
President Joe Biden spoke late on Sunday morning, praising the deal There's this double feeling we're living in, on the one hand, this feeling of freedom, that we thank everyone for, and on the other hand, this pain, of losing so many Palestinian martyrs
Khalida Jarrar, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who was arrested in late 2023 and is the most prominent of the Palestinian detainees freed, told The Associated Press This is a moment of tremendous hope...Fragile, yet vital."
U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has said We are finally in our home. There is no home left, just rubble, but it's our home,
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 We're trying to reach a million people within the shortest possible time,
said its deputy executive director, Carl Skau 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". There is no time to lose. After 15 months of relentless war, the humanitarian needs are staggering,
Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator said Addressing the massive needs and restoring the health system will be an extremely complex and challenging task, given the scale of destruction, operational complexity and constraints involved,
It opens up so many things, so many opportunities,
Ben-David said of the deal
