Israel and Hamas finally sign a ceasefire agreement after 15 months of war [Vidéo]

Israel and Hamas finally sign a ceasefire agreement after 15 months of war [Vidéo]
Israel and Hamas finally sign a ceasefire agreement after 15 months of war [Vidéo]

Israel and Hamas accepted an agreement on Wednesday for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, after 15 months of a war which left tens of thousands dead and plunged the Palestinian territory into chaos. Qatar, which led the mediation, has just clarified that the truce will come into force on Sunday January 19, 2025.

Indirect negotiations which had stalled for months had accelerated in recent days with a view to a truce associated with the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the bloody Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023.

This attack triggered an Israeli offensive in response which reduced a large part of the territory to rubble and caused a major humanitarian crisis.

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At the announcement of the ceasefire, thousands of Palestinians exulted across the Gaza Strip, almost all of whose 2.4 million inhabitants fled their homes in an attempt to escape the fighting and violence. bombings.

The agreement fiercely negotiated by international mediators, Qatar, United States and Egypt, and concluded a few days before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, provides for an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

“We have an agreement on the hostages” in Gaza, said the American president-elect, while an American official confirmed that an agreement had been reached.

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“A ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the release of hostages was reached following the meeting of the Qatari Prime Minister (Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al-Thani), with Hamas negotiators and, separately, with the Israeli negotiators,” a source close to the discussions told AFP.

In a first phase, 33 hostages should be released, starting with women and children, in exchange for a thousand Palestinians detained by Israel, according to two sources close to the negotiations.

The second phase will concern the release of the last hostages, “soldiers and men of draft age”, as well as the return of the bodies of the dead hostages, according to the Times of Israel.

An Israeli official, however, warned Tuesday that Israel would “not leave Gaza until all the hostages have returned, the living and the dead.”

Challenge (With AFP)

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