Hopes, hunger and happiness in devastated Gaza after Israel-Hamas truce deal | In pics
Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
- The 15-month-long war in Gaza which might finally hit a pause with the Israel and Hamas having reached a ceasefire agreement.
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
The 15-month-long war in Gaza which broke out as a result of Israel's response to Palestinian militant outfit Hamas's attack on October 7, 2023, might finally hit a pause with the two sides having reached a ceasefire agreement. Palestinians collect food handouts from a free kitchen run by volunteers in Khan Younis, central Gaza, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Bloomberg)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
Israel's high-level security cabinet approved a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal with Hamas on Saturday, paving the way for a weeks-long pause from Sunday to the 15 months of fighting in Gaza. In pic: A boy runs with a Palestinian flag atop a mound of rubble at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025 following the announcement of a truce amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
In pic: Palestinian children try to collect food handouts from a free kitchen run by volunteers in Khan Younis, central Gaza, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Israel's high-level security cabinet approved a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, paving the way for a weeks-long pause from Sunday to the 15 months of fighting in Gaza. (Bloomberg)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
The war broke out after Hamas on October 7, 2023, launched an attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages, In pic: A girl pushes a boy riding a bicycle near the rubble of a collapsed building at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025 following the announcement of a truce amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
Israel's military operations in Gaza have resulted in over 46,000 Palestinian deaths, according to Gaza's health ministry, and have reduced large parts of the region to rubble. In pic: A man sits outside a tent at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025 following the announcement of a truce amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
The ongoing assault has displaced almost all of Gaza's 2.3 million residents and raised alarms from global humanitarian organisations, including the world’s leading hunger monitor. In pic: A boy runs with a Palestinian flag inscribed with the Arabic phrase "we sacrifice ourselves for the nation", past tents at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025.(AFP)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST
Under the deal, 33 hostages are set to be released over the next six weeks, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. In pic: A man speaks with a boy standing on a broken concrete beam by the rubble of a collapsed building at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025(AFP)
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Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:35 PM IST