- Title: 'We want to sleep restfully', says Gazan on ceasefire deal
- Date: 15th January 2025
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (JANUARY 15, 2025) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) PEOPLE CHEERING AND CHANTING (Arabic) ‘God is Great’ PEOPLE GATHERING AT AL-AHLI BAPTIST HOSPITAL COURTYARD / FILMING WITH THEIR PHONES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM JABALIA, ABU MOHAMMED (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: “We don't want the house, we want to sleep restfully, to sleep in peace, the important thing is to sleep restfully. We haven't been able to eat, drink, sleep or sit for a year and 3 months. We pray to God every hour for the war to stop, we want to rest to live in safety. We thank God that we heard good news this hour, thank God.” VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING AT AL-AHLI BAPTIST HOSPITAL COURTYARD / CARS PARKING
- Embargoed: 29th January 2025 18:32
- Keywords: AGREEMENT CEASEFIRE GAZA ISRAEL PALESTINIANS REAX
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001352015012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A group of Gazans celebrated news of a ceasefire on Wednesday (January 15) chanting and gathering in the street in Gaza City.
Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.
The accord, which has not yet been formally announced, outlines a six-week initial ceasefire phase and includes the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, the official told Reuters.
The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations conducted by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with the backing of the United States, and comes just ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Israeli troops invaded Gaza after Hamas-led gunmen broke through security barriers and burst into Israeli border-area communities on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 soldiers and civilians and abducting over 250 foreign and Israeli hostages.
Israel's air and ground war in Gaza has since killed over 46,000 people, according to Gaza health ministry figures, and left the coastal enclave a wasteland of rubble with hundreds of thousands of displaced people struggling through the winter cold in tents and makeshift shelters.
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