- The coalition government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed on the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas that will go into force at 06:30 GMT on Sunday.
- The Palestinian Authority announced that it is ready to assume its “full responsibilities” in the Gaza Strip following the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
- At least 122 Palestinians, including 33 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the announcement on Wednesday night that a ceasefire deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas.
- UNICEF reports that about 35 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza each day over the 15 months of Israel’s war on the territory.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 46,899 Palestinians and wounded 110,725 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
- Several wounded in Israeli attack near Gaza’s Nuseirat campA number of people have been wounded in an Israeli drone attack west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report.Ahead of the ceasefire coming into effect on Sunday morning, Israeli forces have ramped up attacks across the Gaza Strip.According to Gaza’s civil defence teams on Friday, at least 122 people have been killed since the ceasefire deal was announced on Wednesday.
- MSF says world ‘failed’ people of Gaza, ceasefire ‘relief’ coming too lateDoctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says the ceasefire deal is a “relief” but it comes too late.“For more than 15 months, hospital rooms have been filled with patients with severed limbs and other life-altering trauma, caused by strikes, and distressed people searching for the bodies of their family members,” the organisation said in a statement.MSF, which said eight of its workers had been killed since the start of the war, described humanitarian needs in the besieged and bombarded territory as having reached “catastrophic levels”.“The Israeli government, Hamas, and world leaders have tragically failed the people of Gaza, by not agreeing and imposing a sustained ceasefire sooner. The relief that this ceasefire brings is far from enough for people to rebuild their lives, reclaim their dignity and to mourn for those killed and all that’s been lost,” the statement added.
- Number of Palestinians killed since start of war rises to 46,899The Health Ministry in Gaza has just released its latest daily casualties update from Israeli attacks.In a statement, it said the number of people killed since the start of the war had risen by 23 to 46,899 in the latest 24-hour reporting period.Another 83 people were wounded over the same period, bringing the total to 110,725.
- Palestinians mourn loved ones killed in Khan Younis
- Mourners react beside the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, January 18 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]
- Mourners pray beside the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids, at Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, southern Gaza, January 18 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]
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- Israel preparing for captives’ return: ArmyThe Israeli army is preparing to implement the ceasefire agreed to in Gaza, it has said in a post on X.The army said it is “preparing to absorb” the return of the captives, and that it is “working to provide [them with] an appropriate environment, both physically and mentally”.It will also “continue to act to ensure the security of the citizens of the state of Israel”, the army added.
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