Gaza ceasefire: Beginning of war's end? Hostage release brings hope | Pics
The first three Israeli hostages released as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Israel freed ninety Palestinian
The first three Israeli hostages released as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Israel freed ninety Palestinian prisoners in return.
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The beginning of Gaza war's end might have finally begun as the first phase of ceasefire agreement took place on Sunday, with Hamas releasing three female Israeli hostages and Israel sending to Gaza 90 Palestinian prisoners. In pic: People gather near vehicles as Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari, three hostages who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, are released as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza Strip, (via REUTERS)
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After a slight delay, as Israel sought a list of hostages to be released from Hamas, the long-awaited ceasefire finally took effect Sunday morning with the first phase seeing hostage and prisoner exchange. In pic: former Israeli hostage Doron Steinbracher with her mother Simone at an undisclosed location in Israel on January 19, 2025 after a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal in the war between Israel and Hamas was implemented.(AFP)
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Ninety percent of Gaza's population is estimated to have been displaced by the conflict, with several areas having been reduced to rubble. In pic: a Palestinian man embraces a loved one who was released from jail along with some 90 prisoners set free by Israel in the early hours of January 20, 2025 in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia, on the outskirts of Ramallah.(AFP)
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Palestinian prisoner Mawaad al-Haj (R), who was released from jail in a previous exchange in late 2023 and then imprisoned another time, stands next to his father upon the arrival of some 90 prisoners set free by Israel in the early hours of January 20, 2025 in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia, on the outskirts of Ramallah.(AFP)
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