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Hopefully a maximum amount of hostages will be coming back,
said Beeri Yemeni, a university student
I will go to kiss my land,
said Nasr al-Gharabli, who fled Gaza City for a camp farther southAs coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 am (0630 GMT) on Sunday,
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari saidIf we are forced to resume the war, we will do so with force,
he saidMaybe this is the beginning of (the) end of suffering for both sides, hopefully,
he said,We want it to end, but to keep doing what has to be done,
he saidWith this agreement, we will bring back 33 of our brothers and sisters, the majority alive,
he said
The government has approved the framework for the return of the hostages. The framework for the hostages’ release will come into effect on Sunday,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement
We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!”
It didn’t take long for President-elect Donald Trump to post on Truth Social
I believe we will get a ceasefire,
US secretary of state Antony Blinken saidWith this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven,
Mr Trump said in a second postThe IDF has been preparing to receive the hostages after their release from Hamas captivity and is operating to provide suitable physical and psychological support, with careful attention to every detail,
it said in a statement Saturday
The first stage, which lasts 42 days, includes a ceasefire, the withdrawal and redeployment of Israeli forces outside densely populated areas, the release of hostages and exchange of prisoners and detainees, the exchange of the remains of the deceased, the return of internally displaced persons to their places of residence in the Gaza strip, and facilitating the departure of patients and wounded to recieve treatment."
The Qatari ministry wrote
The first stage also includes intensifying the safe and effective entry and distribution of humanitarian aid on a large scale throughout the Gaza strip, ... rehabilitating hospitals, health centers, and bakeries, bringing in civil defense supplies and fuel, and bringing in shelter supplies for displaced persons who lost their homes due to the war."
the Qatari Foreign Ministry explained, includingI am confident and we expect that implementation will begin on Sunday,
Blinken told reporters on Thursday
We have been making efforts to lift the sanctions from the first day of the [Assad] regime’s fall, and we do not want Syria to collapse,
Sheikh Mohammed said
The sanctions were imposed on the Assad regime and are not logical now. The new administration is not expected to address international concerns and work for its people under sanctions simultaneously,
he addedA humanitarian protocol has been reached regarding the mechanism for delivering aid to prevent blackmail,
he saidThis meeting was expected to take place on Saturday, but pressure from mediators has made them start today,
she saidWe reject Israel’s reckless act of incursion in the buffer zone in Syria. We talked with Ahmad al-Sharaa and affirmed the necessity of Israeli withdrawal and that the incursion should not create a new reality,
he said