In pictures: How Palestinians and Israelis reacted to Gaza ceasefire news
ABCA ceasefire and hostage deal between Hamas and Israel has been reached after intensive negotiations in Qatar. Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages to Gaza, according to Israeli officials. The first phase of the new agreement would involve a ceasefire for at least six weeks, and the release of 33 of the estimated 100 Israeli hostages still in Gaza, and about 1,000 Palestinians held in Israel's prisons. "By God, we are very happy that this crisis, sadness, bombing and death that happened to us is finally over and that we will return to our hometowns and return to our families in Beit Hanoun, Gaza and the north and see our families who remained alive and see our lives, return to our old lives and be happy and live like we used to." Families and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza respond to the news of a ceasefire agreement.