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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 We lose homes every hour. We demand for this joy not to go away, the joy that was drawn on our faces - don't waste it by delaying the implementation of the truce until Sunday,
What will happen at the moment when they will be separated and told that one is coming out and one is not
said their mother Ruth Strum, her voice quivering The Israeli Cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement,
It's not exactly surprising that in a process and negotiation that has been this challenging and this fraught, you may get a loose end,
Blinken told a press conference in Washington Is this the truce they are talking about? What did this young girl, this child, do to deserve this? What did she do to deserve this? Is she fighting you, Israel?"
Our priority must be to ease the tremendous suffering caused by this conflict."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement, stating You’ve got to get it over with, and you have to get back to normalcy,
he told radio’s The Hugh Hewitt Show in April I told my team to coordinate closely with the incoming team to make sure we’re all speaking with the same voice,
It's a very good afternoon because at long last, I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas. More than 15 months of terror for the hostages, their families, and the Israeli people and more than 15 months of suffering by the innocent people of Gaza. Fighting in Gaza will stop and soon the hostages will return home to their families."
While delivering remarks on reaching a ceasefire and hostage deal, Biden said We have consistently called for release of all hostages, ceasefire, and return to a path of dialogue and diplomacy,
The Israeli far-right now believes they will be able to trade a ceasefire in Gaza … in exchange for expansion of settlements in the West Bank, which is a core goal for them,
In this first phase, we're seeing immediate factors that both sides can agree to more easily without having to dive into more tricky political issues that would lead to a more sustainable settlement,
(But ... But the deal) is precarious. It’s fragile. Both sides need to maintain that commitment,
she told CNA938, ... adding any It hasn't ended Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah and hasn't resulted in Hezbollah completely abandoning positions or sticking by the stipulations of their own ceasefire,
I’m a little more optimistic than I would have been months ago, and that's partly because both sides have also expended a lot of capability by now,
said Jessica Genauer, a senior international relations lecturer at Flinders University (The ... The Gaza truce) will probably look very similar to what we're seeing in Lebanon,
he told CNA’s Asia First programme, referring to Israel’s agreement with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah two months ago Unfortunately, this ceasefire, like many ceasefires in Gaza before, has all the embers of the next war,
