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  • Watch: Gun-toting Hamas fighters return to Gaza streets as ceasefire begins

    Masked Hamas fighters carrying rifles returned to the streets of Gaza after a ceasefire came into effect on Sunday, declaring “victory” as they drove through rubble-strewn streets.

  • Israeli-Gaza ceasefire latest: Hostage families give update as Palestinians return home to ‘total destruction’

    Freed British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari is in high spirits, her mother said in her first statement since her release

  • Syria’s new HTS-led regime reinforces police force with the help of its fighters

    After the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad on December 8, most policemen and soldiers working under the regime fled or were suspended, leaving citizens unprotected on the streets of Damascus. Syria's new leadership under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – leaders of the rebellion – are currently relying on a few thousand fighters and volunteers to fill the gap. FRANCE 24’s James André and Achraf Abid filed this report from Damascus. At a police station in central Damascus, 30 HTS figh

  • Gazans cheer as ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes hold

    CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Thousands of Palestinians burst into the streets across Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Sunday, some in celebration, others to visit the graves of relatives, while many rushed back to see what remained of their homes. "I feel alive again," said Aya, a displaced woman from Gaza City who has been sheltering in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip for over a year. In the north of the territory, where some of the most intense Israeli airstrikes and battles with the militants took place, drone footage showed hundreds of people walking on a dusty road through a devastated landscape of crushed concrete and twisted metal.

  • Yemen's Houthis signal they'll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships

    Yemen's Houthi rebels signaled Monday they now will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships after a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip, but warned wider assaults could resume if needed. The Houthis' announcement, made in an email sent to shippers and others on Sunday, likely won't be enough to encourage global firms to reenter the route that's crucial for cargo and energy shipments moving between Asia and Europe. “The ceasefire is considered fragile,” said Jakob P. Larsen, the head of maritime security for BIMCO, the largest international association representing shipowners.

  • Who are the Israelis released on the first day of the ceasefire?

    Three hostages held by Hamas were released Sunday after 471 days in captivity as part of a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. The truce and release of hostages sparked hope and trepidation among Israelis. Around 100 hostages still remain in Gaza, after the rest were released, rescued, or their bodies were recovered.

  • Israel frees 90 Palestinian women and minors from prison on day two of Gaza ceasefire

    According to a list provided by the Palestinian Authority's Commission for Prisoners' Affairs all of those released are women or minors.View on euronews

  • Gaza ceasefire has a test to overcome before it's even begun

    The ceasefire that so many millions in Gaza and Israel had been desperately hoping for, has not happened. Seconds later, black smoke started rising above northern Gaza in what must have been a message from the IDF to Hamas: this is what is at stake; abide by terms of the deal, release the names of the three hostages due to be handed over today, otherwise the war will continue. Hamas blame "technical field reasons", which I understand might relate to their difficulties passing messages between their leadership in Gaza.

  • Palestine Protesters Flood New York Streets as Ceasefire Deal to Take Effect

    Pro-Palestine protesters flooded the streets of New York City on January 18, as a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was set to go into effect.The demonstration was organized by the Within Our Lifetime (WOL) protest group which dubbed it “Flood New York City for Gaza.”“The ceasefire while only temporary, was won through the resilience of Palestinian resistance. But true justice demands more: lifting the siege on Gaza, freeing every Palestinian prisoner, and dismantling the occupation entirely,” WOL said on X.Israel said the ceasefire came into effect at 11.15 am local time on Sunday, January 19. Credit: Within Our Lifetime via Storyful

  • Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners, next hostage-prisoner swap to take place Saturday

    The next group of Gaza hostages to be released under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement will be freed on Saturday, a senior Hamas official said on Sunday. This follows the dramatic exchange of three Israeli hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. This blog is no longer being updated. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)Read more on FRANCE 24 EnglishRead also:90 Palest

  • How Allied photos revealed true horrors of the Nazi death camps

    Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi death camps towards the end of World War II brought the horror of the Holocaust to global attention. Many of the ghastly pictures were at first held back from the broader public, partly out of concern for those with missing relatives.The concentration and extermination camps were liberated one by one as the Allied armies closed in on Berlin in the final days of the 1939-1945 war.The first was the Majdanek camp near Lublin in eastern Po

  • Hamas releases three Israeli hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire

    The three were met by their mothers in Israel, the military announced on Sunday, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold.View on euronews

  • After 15 months of war, Hamas still rules over what remains of Gaza

    As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza's ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding. The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel — among the deadliest and most destructive in recent memory — but it remains firmly in control of the coastal territory that now resembles an apocalyptic wasteland. For all the military might Israel deployed in Gaza, it failed to remove Hamas from power, one of its central war aims.

  • Gaza cease-fire begins as first hostages arrive back in Israel

    The announcement came after Israel said it received a list of hostages scheduled to be released on Sunday.

  • At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

    BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said. Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as Colombia's army scrambled to evacuate people on Sunday, according to William Villamizar, governor of North Santander, where many of the killings took place. Among the victims are community leader Carmelo Guerrero and seven people who sought to sign a peace deal, according to a report that a government ombudsman agency released late Saturday.

  • A long-awaited ceasefire has finally begun in Gaza. Here’s what we know

    Three hostages were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza and returned to Israel on Sunday, as a highly anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect.

  • Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire set to start 8:30 am Sunday after 15 months of war

    The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) on Sunday, mediator Qatar said. The ceasefire will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Israel's Cabinet approved the deal early on Saturday; the ceasefire will see the first hostages released.

  • After celebrations, displaced Gazans return home to destruction

    Columns of people hundreds strong were making their way home in northern Gaza on Sunday, flanked on both sides by countless buildings turned to rubble, as a ceasefire took effect in the Palestinian territory.Hundreds of people gathered at a junction playing drums, waving Palestinian flags and chanting.

  • Myanmar junta air strike kills 28 people, rebel group says

    It was not clear if airstrike in western Rakhine state was mistargeted or if junta was unaware of temporary detention area’s location

  • More than 70 protesters arrested in Trafalgar Square after police line broken

    Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators marched from a static rally in Whitehall to Trafalgar Square on Saturday.