Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip continued in the last couple of hours before the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement was to take effect, resulting in more casualties on Palestinians. Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire-for-hostage release deal following intensive mediation efforts by Qatar,

The anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, began in Gaza at 11:15 local time (09:15 GMT), nearly three hours after initially scheduled. Ahram Online provides a live coverage of the events which could signal the start of the end of 470 days of a genocidal Israeli war that killed and wounded nearly 10 percent of the 2.

Israel’s government voted in favour of the truce after the country’s security cabinet, chaired by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to the ceasefire and hostage deal earlier on Friday. The vote is believed to have been 24 in favour and eight against early on Saturday morning local time.