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Israeli soldiers are deployed near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. © Ohad Zwigenberg/AP/dpa
The agreed ceasefire in the Gaza war is due to begin today, Friday. The fighting continued until the end - and is expected to continue even after the ceasefire, which is scheduled to last for days. The overview.
Doha/Gaza/Tel Aviv - The agreed ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas is set to begin a new phase in the Gaza war on Friday morning. According to Qatar, which is mediating in the conflict, it is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m. local time (6:00 a.m. CET). Hamas' military-terrorist wing confirmed that the ceasefire would begin on Friday morning and that it would last four days. Before that, however, the fighting continued. In the morning, the alarm sirens wailed again in the border area between Israel and Gaza.
The attacks of the Israeli army could be intensified until the ceasefire, especially in the embattled north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht announced on Thursday. The operation will continue until the army is ordered by the Israeli government to stop fighting. The UN Office for Emergency Relief also reported on Friday morning that Israel had intensified air, ground and sea attacks as of the afternoon of the previous day.
Release of the hostages
The expected ceasefire is also expected to begin the exchange of Hamas hostages abducted from Israel for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The ceasefire is also intended to allow for larger, urgently needed aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip. The first 13 hostages are to be released at 16:00 local time (15:00 CET), a spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. These are children and women who are to be handed over to the Red Cross.
During this time, all sides would cease their military activities, announced a spokesman for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which forms the armed wing of the Islamist organization Hamas. It is possible to extend the ceasefire to ten days. After the temporary end of the intense fighting, however, according to the Israeli military, there will continue to be many operations in the Gaza Strip until there is no longer a military threat from there. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said taking control of the northern Gaza Strip was the first stage in a long war. During the ceasefire, the military is focusing on planning the next phases of fighting.
Number of Dead in the Gaza Strip
The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to nearly 15,000 since the war began nearly seven weeks ago, according to Hamas. More than 36,000 people were injured, the government press office of the Islamists in Gaza said on Thursday evening. The majority of them are children, young people and women. Thousands of people are also still missing. The figures cannot be independently verified at this time.
The latest Gaza war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel's history, carried out by terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups on October 7 in Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip. On the Israeli side, more than 1200,850 people were killed, including at least 240 civilians. About <> hostages were taken to Gaza, including several Germans.
According to Hamas, for every hostage kidnapped, three Palestinian prisoners will be released from Israeli jails. A total of 50 hostages are to be released within four days. These are women and young people under the age of 19. In total, the agreement reached between the two parties to the conflict provides for an exchange of up to 100 hostages from Israel for up to 300 Palestinian prisoners.
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Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy was killed in a clash with the Israeli army in the West Bank, according to Palestinian sources. The boy was shot in the chest on Thursday evening, the Ministry of Health in Ramallah announced. The Israeli army carried out a raid in the town of Beita, south of Nablus. The child was first taken to the hospital and later died there as a result of his serious injuries, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
What will be important on Friday
The ceasefire is scheduled to begin at 6:00 a.m. German time. At 15:00 p.m., the first Israeli hostages are expected to be released. The ceasefire is intended to bring major aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip. Dpa