- Title: TIMELINE: A look back at ceasefire as Israel resumes strikes on Gaza
- Date: 23rd January 2025
- Summary: Relatives and friends of Romi Gonen cheered and clapped in Kfar Vradim as they saw her release on television. “Romi returned alive,” the group chanted, some of them in tears. KFAR VRADIM, ISRAEL (JANUARY 19, 2025) (REUTERS) TV SCREEN SHOWING THE HOSTAGES' TRANSFER TO THE ICRC VEHICLE UNIDENTIFIED RELATIVES CHEERING AND CLAPPING AS THEY WATCH THE TV SCREEN A convoy of ICRC
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- Keywords: Gaza Guterres Hamas ICRC Israel Israelis Jenin Palestinians West Bank agreement aid ceasefire deal exchange hostages police prisoners release
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- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,Editors' Choice
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- Story Text: The Israeli military said it hit targets across Gaza early on Tuesday (March 18), ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted fighting in January, with Palestinian health ministry officials reporting at least 100 dead.
Strikes were reported in multiple locations, including northern Gaza, Gaza City and the Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah in central and southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian health ministry officials said many of the dead were children.
The Israeli military, which said it hit dozens of targets, said the strikes would continue for as long as necessary and would extend beyond air strikes.
The attacks were far wider in scale than the regular series of drone strikes the Israeli military has said it has conducted against individuals or small groups of suspected militants and follows weeks of failed efforts to agree an extension to the truce agreed on January 19.
Hamas said Israel had overturned the ceasefire agreement, leaving the fate of 59 hostages still held in Gaza uncertain.
The current war began when Hamas carried out a raid into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, displaced most of the population and reduced much of the territory to rubble.
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