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Hamas claims victory as tens of thousands of Palestinians celebrate Gaza ceasefire after 11 days of intense Israeli bombardment aje.io/xxayk

Israel’s latest military assault:

• 248 Palestinians killed
• Including 66 children and 39 women
• At least 1,910 wounded
• More than 90,000 Palestinians displaced

- Gaza’s health ministry aje.io/xxayk

Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanou said that armed groups had imposed their own ceasefire conditions on Israel:

• End forced expulsions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah.

• End Israeli military incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the offensive has dealt Hamas a “blow it cannot imagine.”

However, many Israeli politicians slammed the ceasefire as a humiliating capitulation to Hamas.

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“A cordoned-off military-like zone."

Palestinians living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood have been placed ‘under a siege’ by Israeli authorities, say residents aje.io/55ncu

UN warns health facilities in danger of being overwhelmed and urges immediate access to Gaza for supplies and personnel aje.io/tgsua

Palestinian solidarity protests took place in London, Melbourne and Paris while more are scheduled in other big cities, including New York and Berlin aje.io/59db4

“I also sent farewell messages to my close friends, asking them to keep me in their thoughts and prayers after I die.”

Many terrified Gaza civilians said their final goodbyes to family during the 11-day Israeli onslaught aje.io/3ha3f