In Rafah, skepticism about the truce now prevails - War in the Middle East. For the displaced, another night in the frost and rain (ANSA) "Hudna, hudna", "there is a ceasefire, we go home".

Qatar's anticipation of an initial agreement by Hamas to a new agreement for the exchange of prisoners with Israel had ignited enthusiasm among the masses of displaced people in the south of the Strip. But during the night, southern Gaza was tormented for hours by insistent rains that flooded refugee shelters and tent cities, sowing desolation.