Photo: AP Photo/Fatima ShbairThe agreed suspension of hostilities, which should last at least four days, began at 7 a.m. local time. The first Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are expected to be released during the day
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had "completed operational preparations" for the cease-fire that took effect at 7 a.m. local time. Until the last moment, explosions echoed in the Gaza Strip after Israeli airstrikes, and Hamas fired rockets into Israeli territory. Now there was silence.
The sounds of the battle have died down for the first time in 50 days, the BBC reports. The photos show the return of a certain number of Israeli tanks from Gaza, writes RSE.
The Israeli army announced that the troops will remain stationed in Gaza, and that as of early this morning they "destroyed one terrorist tunnel", "a route of underground tunnels" and "a certain number of tunnel shafts" in the Al-Shifa hospital area.
In some places, smoke is still billowing from the last Israeli airstrikes, carried out twenty minutes before the start of the cease-fire, reports the BBC.
The families in Israel are waiting for the return of 13 hostages today, RSE writes. It was agreed to release 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners. The ceasefire is likely to last as long as Hamas and some other Islamic organizations release a certain number of hostages each day.
Since October 7, when Hamas massacred in southern Israel and kidnapped about 240 people, including babies and small children, about 1400 Israelis and 14.000 Palestinians have been killed.
While Qatar, which brokered the release of the hostages, hopes the truce will be the basis for a permanent ceasefire, Israel has said the war is not over and the truce is temporary.
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