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It’s important to be sanguine about the deal and realise that it could potentially happen, but not to be overly invested in it so much that we hurt ourselves mentally.”
For the hostages' families There’s no intelligence to say that he’s dead, other than Hamas claiming he is, without showing any evidence,
We’ve been here before, where a deal seemed imminent and our hopes were dashed by the grim reality of failed talks and more uncertainty,
Until he comes home, I am not truly free.”
Speaking at a Miami exhibition, Argamani shared her heartache, stating I think I’m feeling every spectrum of human emotion all at once. I am incredibly anxious, filled with trepidation, but also optimistic.”
Reflecting on the emotional toll of waiting, Ma’anit told the PA news agency Hopefully a maximum amount of hostages will be coming back,
said Beeri Yemeni, a university student If we are forced to resume the war, we will do so with force,
Maybe this is the beginning of (the) end of suffering for both sides, hopefully,
We want it to end, but to keep doing what has to be done,
With this agreement, we will bring back 33 of our brothers and sisters, the majority alive,
We must protect our ability to return to fighting if we need,
Netanyahu said late Saturday The most important thing now, in addition to the sustainability of the ceasefire, is to fix the disastrous humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip,
Once Sunday comes around, we would be happier, God willing,
Ekhlas al-Kafarna, who was displaced during the war in Gaza, told the AP 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 The challenge will be the scale of the movement and how easy it will be for people to cross the Netzarim checkpoint. We don’t have precise details at the moment of how that will happen and it is likely to be very crowded,
said Sam Rose, director in Gaza of the UN relief and works agency (Unrwa), the main refugee organisation for Palestinians The first thing I will do after the start of ceasefire is to go back to see what happened to every place I knew and loved. I want to see my friends for the first time in 15 months,
said Eman, 19, a first-year medical student from Jabaliya, a northern neighbourhood that has been the scene of an Israeli blockade and fierce fighting I am waiting for the moment when we are able to get back to northern Gaza so that I can get my two daughters and my wife out from under the rubble of our house and bury them with dignity. Forty days have passed since they were targeted, and this is a very difficult and unbearable feeling,
said Alyan, who is living in the central city of Deir al-Balah What matters most to me now is to know my relatives are safe… We are very eager to return to the north and reunite with them,
Some people know their homes are completely gone but there are thousands upon thousands who know the building is still standing but will want to go and find out if it is habitable,
said a humanitarian official in Gaza
