Qassam Brigades spokesman to deliver live speech
On the first day after the ceasefire went into effect on Sunday, the Qassam Brigades members paraded in Gaza streets, while the spokesman of the Qassam Abu Obeida is going to deliver a speech at 6:00 PM.
The ceasefire agreement took effect at 11.15 a.m. local time (0915GMT) on Sunday after a few hours’ delay due to Israeli accusations for Hamas of delaying the release of a list of captives set to be released. It was originally scheduled to start on 8.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT).
Nearly 47,000 people have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 110,700 others injured in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, according to local health authorities.
Gaza resistance releases first three prisoners:
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has released the first three captives and transferred them to the Israeli military by the Red Cross.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirms that Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, are in the hands of Israeli forces.
Qassam spox to deliver live speech:
The Qassam Brigades said Sunday that Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the brigades, will deliver a live at 6:00 a.m. local time via his Telegram channel of the group.
Red Cross begins process to receive captives:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has started the process of receiving the three captives held in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Channel 12 reports, according to Al Jazeera.
Separately, an official involved in the operation told Reuters that the ICRC team in Gaza is on the way to collect the captives.
According to reports, the Red Cross is expected to take the women to a special army unit in Gaza. From there, they are to be taken to a military facility in Israel near Gaza for initial health examinations before they are taken to a hospital, where they will meet their families.
World Food Programme aid trucks start crossing into Gaza:
The UN’s food agency says trucks carrying humanitarian aid have started entering Gaza from the Karem Abu Salem (known as Kerem Shalom to Israelis) crossing in the south and another crossing in Zikim in the north.
The first trucks carry wheat flour and ready-to-eat food parcels “for people in desperate need”, the organisation said, adding it aims to deliver food on a daily basis using routes from Egypt, Jordan and Israel.
“This ceasefire is critical for the humanitarian response. Safety, and access must be ensured.”
VIDEO: Hamas releases declaration of victory video footage:
Following the ceasefire in Gaza and the Zionist Israeli regime’s withdrawal from Gaza Strip, Hamas resistance movement released the song “Victory Declaration.”
Aid trucks enter Gaza through Erez Crossing at Beit Hanoun:
Aid trucks prepare to enter war-torn Gaza as ceasefire takes effect, with UNRWA stating 4,000 trucks are ready for delivery, Anadolu Agency reported.
“UNRWA has 4,000 truckloads of aid ready to enter Gaza; half of them carry food and flour,” the UN agency said on its X account.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that attacks on aid convoys in the Gaza Strip “could decline as humanitarian relief comes in following a ceasefire.”
Hamas to release three prisoners today:
As the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinians resistance in Gaza comes into effect Sunday, the families of three female Israeli captives are waiting for the release of their members, France 24 reported.
Hamas said on Sunday it had handed the names of the three women capitves over to mediators of the ceasefire.
British-Israeli woman Emily Damari is among the first three captives Hamas plans to release today, Sky News reported. The other two hostages are Romi Gonen, 24, and 31-year-old Doron Steinbrecher.
Displaced Palestinians return to what is left of their homes:
Displaced Palestinian families are returning to their homes including the north, central and south Gaza Strip after the ceasefire came into effect earlier on Sunday.
A displaced Palestinian man named Anwar says he hopes to return to Rafah despite reports that his home was destroyed during the war, Al Jazeera reported.
“I will go there and I will see to find a place where I can set up a tent to live with my eight-member family,” he told Al Jazeera in Khan Younis.
“I need to go back to my city. I need to go back to where I was born.”
He said the months of war were like a “nightmare”.
“It was a nightmare, a nightmare, literally a nightmare, as if we [were] dreaming and then we got up again,” Anwar said.
He said he and his family lived in flimsy tents without enough food or water, and that prices for goods were “scary” high.
“Thank God, thank the Lord Almighty for everything, and I hope the ceasefire agreement will continue and no hardships will happen during the coming period and everything will be fine,” he said.
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