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Added on the 23/11/2023 11:24:58 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images taken in Sderot, southern Israel show the skyline of northern Gaza from 04:00GMT - 05:10GMT as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire takes effect. IMAGES
Smoke billows from northern Gaza City following strikes at sunset as Hamas confirms the Gaza ceasefire will start at 0500 GMT Friday. A pause in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza will start on Friday morning with the first hostages to be released hours later, mediator Qatar said, after nearly seven weeks of fighting. IMAGES
Smoke rises over the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israeli city of Sderot, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu categorically ruled out a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas Monday, as ground forces pushed into Gaza and freed one hostage. IMAGES
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on eastern Jabalia in northern Gaza. Israel continued bombarding Gaza as the military said it had recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken to the besieged Palestinian territory by Hamas militants after they were killed on October 7. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and release of remaining hostages by Hamas is near the "goal line." "I believe we're inside the 10-yard line and driving toward the goal line" on an "agreement that would produce a ceasefire, get the hostages home, and put us on a better track to trying to build lasting peace and stability," Blinken says at a forum in Colorado. SOUNDBITE