Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Truce deal in Gaza enters into force !

Truce deal in Gaza enters into force

Time:2024-05-21 07:44:44 source:International Informer news portal
(Xinhua) 17:03, November 24, 2023

CAIRO/GAZA, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The first temporary humanitarian truce between Hamas and Israel entered into force at 7:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Friday in the Gaza Strip.

Confirming the truce agreement had taken effect, Diaa Rashwan, chairman of Egypt's State Information Service (SIS), said in a statement that 130,000 liters of diesel and four trucks of gas from Egypt will enter the Gaza Strip daily.

Some 200 trucks, loaded with food, medicine and water, can enter daily for the first time since the start of the war on Oct. 7, he said.

Egypt will continue to receive wounded and injured children from Gaza for treatment in Egyptian hospitals, helping foreigners and dual nationals detained in the Gaza Strip travel to their own countries, the SIS's chairman said.

He added that the Egyptian side will also allow the entry of Palestinians stranded in the country into the Gaza Strip at their will.

The truce is scheduled to be followed by the release of 13 Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip at 4:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT).

Hamas and Israel reached an agreement earlier this week on a four-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Under the deal, at least 50 hostages, mainly children and women, would be freed for the release of about 150 women and teen Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

Related information
  • Yvette Fielding says her Most Haunted co
  • Video: Escaped circus elephant stops traffic in Montana
  • Myanmar's jailed former leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest
  • Owner of ship in Baltimore bridge collapse asks cargo owners to help cover salvage costs
  • Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
  • Alaska Airlines has brief ground stop due to technical issue
  • Marte hits tying homer in 9th, Grichuk has winning double in 10th, D
  • A neglected burial ground for migrants on Greek island of Lesbos has been given a drastic overhaul
Recommended content
  • Kate Hudson hits the stage to debut songs from her new album Glorious at star
  • Greek minister says 2 major new marine parks will be created by the end of this year
  • Toddler's mother claims his nursery asked her if her four month old baby boy was non
  • Myanmar's jailed former leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest
  • Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI
  • How you CAN go on safari on a budget: From gorillas in Uganda to South African elephants