The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.
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Explosion seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel ahead of ceasefire
An explosion was seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel early on Sunday morning ahead of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which is set to begin, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.
The truce between Israel and Hamas was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time. The first Israeli hostages were to be released hours later in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
A visual guide to how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.
Asian nations welcomed a cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, expressing relief while also calling for the parties to respect its terms.
Chinese authorities in Tibet said on Thursday that they had detected "problems", including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the region last week.
The plan is for Hamas to hand the abductees to the Red Cross, which will deliver them to Israeli officials in Gaza. The hostages will be evacuated to hospitals.
What will come next remains unclear in the absence of a comprehensive agreement on the postwar future of Gaza, and although the stated aim of the ceasefire is to end the war entirely, it could easily unravel.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is set to begin on Sunday, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.
Qatar, which mediated the agreement, said the cease-fire deal was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Israel’s military has set up sites to receive hostages while aid groups are preparing to use the cease-fire to increase deliveries into Gaza.
Since the first moment of the war, I have been thinking about when it will end—whether it will be in two days, or in a week, or perhaps much longer. I was following the news closely from the start, and soon after the beginning,
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