Hamas, Zionist Regime Agree Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Palestinians Celebrate Victory


Hamas, Zionist Regime Agree Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Palestinians Celebrate Victory

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Zionist regime of Israel on Wednesday announced that they have agreed to a ceasefire to pause the 15-month war.

Israeli deadly and devastating aggression against the Gaza Strip has resulted in martyrdom of thousands of innocent Gaza civilians most of them women and children and the destruction of a major part of Gaza’s neighborhoods.

Meantime, Palestinian resistance forces together with people of Gaza have shown their powerful resolve to confront Israel’s genocide acts and atrocities across the Gaza Strip and defend the rights of Palestinian people and prisoners.

The Gaza deal promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and it will allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes.

It also would flood badly needed humanitarian aid into a territory ravaged by 15 months of war.

The prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said the ceasefire would go into effect on Sunday. He made the announcement in the Qatari capital of Doha, the site of weeks of painstaking negotiations.

In a statement after the announcement of the deal, Hamas said its ceasefire deal with Israel to halt the war in Gaza was the result of the “steadfastness” of the Palestinian people and its own “resistance”.

“The ceasefire agreement is a result of the legendary steadfastness of our great Palestinian people and our valiant resistance in the Gaza Strip for over 15 months,” the resistance movement said, adding that it paved “the way towards the realisation of our people’s aspirations for liberation and return”.

Meanwhile, celebrations break out in in Gaza following reports that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal that would also see the return of captives.

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The courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which has seen many funerals and bodies laid on the ground, turned into a stage of celebration and happiness and excitement over the announcement of the ceasefire agreement.

But Al Jazeera reported later that it’s relatively quiet in the courtyard of the hospital now. At this time, people are back to their tents, where they are sheltering because the ceasefire agreement does not take effect until Sunday.

That leaves time for the Israeli military to continue with the attacks.

As people were celebrating here from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, we could clearly hear the sound of heavy artillery and bombardment on the Bureij refugee camp and Nuseirat.

So these coming days until Sunday are very critical times, and people here expect a surge in Israeli attacks.

Also, the outgoing US president has said key members of his administration “worked relentlessly” to get the deal.

“I’d also note that this deal was developed and negotiated under my administration, but its terms will be implemented for the most part by the next administration,” he told reporters at the White House.

“For the past few days, we’ve been speaking as one team,” Biden said.

Trump will take office on Monday.

In relevant development, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire and stressed that the “priority now must be to ease the tremendous suffering caused by this conflict.”

“The United Nations stands ready to support the implementation of this deal and scale up the delivery of sustained humanitarian relief to the countless Palestinians who continue to suffer,” he told a press conference.

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