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Published On 13 Oct 2025
Palestinians celebrate in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, after Israel and Hamas announce agreement on the first phase of a peace plan to halt fighting [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Palestinian emergency personnel celebrate in Gaza City following US President Donald Trump's announcement of an agreement between Israel and Hamas on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire. [Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters]
A girl wraps herself in a Palestinian flag following the announcement of an agreement on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in the central Gaza Strip. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
"Thank God for the ceasefire, the end of bloodshed and killing," said Abdul Majeed Abd Rabbo from Khan Younis in southern Gaza. "I am not the only one happy; all of the Gaza Strip is happy, all the Arab people, all of the world is happy with the ceasefire and the end of bloodshed." [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Palestinian women celebrate outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, following the announcement. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from az-Zawayda in central Gaza, said "There is an undeniable collective sense of relief seen here in Gaza following the ceasefire announcement." [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
"People celebrated throughout Gaza with scenes of jubilation as families flooded the streets, cheering, waving Palestinian flags, and setting off fireworks," Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum said. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Palestinian emergency personnel celebrate in Gaza City. [Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters]
Palestinians celebrate outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Palestinians celebrate in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: What are Trump’s credentials, and can he win?
With the Gaza ceasefire deal, Trump claims to have helped broker peace in eight wars. Do his assertions hold up?
Displaced Palestinians begin their morning routines in a temporary encampment along the shore of az-Zawayda, near Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, following the overnight announcement that Hamas and Israel will sign a ceasefire agreement in Egypt. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Palestinians celebrate in Khan Younis on October 9, 2025, as news breaks of a new Gaza ceasefire agreement. US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have reached terms on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, following several days of mediated negotiations in Egypt. [AFP]
Displaced Palestinians rest in the open at a makeshift beach encampment in az-Zawayda, near Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Einav Zanzauker, mother of captive Matan Zanzauker, responds to the deal announced by Trump at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. [Maya Levin/AFP]
Relentlessly bombarded and starved Palestinians in Gaza have reacted with relief and jubilation to the announcement of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, Hani Mahmoud, said there has been a collective sigh of relief among the enclave’s embattled population. “This is a historic moment – and on a personal note, such a relief,” he said. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
As word of the agreement spread through the besieged enclave, residents of southern Gaza’s Khan Younis took to the streets to celebrate what many hoped would mark the first real reprieve from Israeli attacks since a fragile truce was shattered by Israel more than six months ago. [AFP]
A person wearing a mask depicting Trump holds US and Israeli flags after the deal was declared by the US president, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. [Maya Levin/AFP]
After suffering an Israeli-induced famine for months, all eyes are now on when critical aid, food, and medical supplies can begin distribution at similar levels to the brief ceasefire earlier this year. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Buildings destroyed by Israeli ground and air operations stand in the northern Gaza Strip, visible from southern Israel, following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting. [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]
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Iran executes six fighters accused of ties to Israel: State media
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