The ceasefire between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip will come into force on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. (French time), the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, the mediating country, said this Saturday.
“As agreed between the parties involved in the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, January 19, local time in Gaza,” wrote the spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Affairs foreigners, Majed al-Ansari, on his account