The UN has said that people in Gaza are “effectively starving.” Before the war, the territory was “largely self-sufficient” in fresh produce, it added. But Israel’s mili

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

The long-awaited ceasefire and hostage release deal between the Israeli government and Hamas will take effect on Sunday, potentially signaling a new chapter in a bloody 15-month conflict that has enflamed the Middle East.

The truce between Israel and Hamas was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time. The first Israeli hostages were to be released hours later in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Jan 19, (AP): The Hamas militant group has named the three hostages it plans to release on Sunday, potentially clearing the way for the start of a Gaza ceasefire after a delay. Israel had earlier said it would continue fighting in Gaza until the names were handed over in accordance with the agreement.

The full extent of the damage will only be known when the fighting ends and inspectors have access to the territory.

The anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, scheduled for Sunday morning at 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT), has been delayed. Ahram Online provides a live coverage of the events which could signal the start of the end of 470 days of a genocidal Israeli war that killed and wounded nearly 10 percent of the 2.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the ceasefire in Gaza will not begin until Israel has received a list of the hostages set to be released from Hamas.

Hamas blamed the delay in handing over the names on “technical field reasons.” It said in a statement that it is committed to the ceasefire deal announced last week. View on euronews

The most interesting detail of the hostage and ceasefire deal that Israeli and Hamas officials agreed to Wednesday lies neither in its terms, which mainly resemble what’s been on the table for months,

TEL AVIV, January 19. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has reported of the start of another wave of strikes on radicals’ targets in the Gaza Strip as the terms of the ceasefire agreement has not been fulfilled by the Palestinian radical movement Hamas.