Live images from northeastern Gaza showed a plume of grey smoke about 30 minutes after the truce was to take effect, and again around 30 minutes later.
Children play with fireworks on the rubble of destroyed buildings at a camp for displaced Palestinian s in Bureij on January 18, ahead of the proposed ceasefire. File picture: Eyad Baba / AFP. Gaza 's civil defence rescuers said Israel i strikes killed eight people on Sunday after Israel said a ceasefire in its war with Hamas was delayed at the last minute on orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .
AFPTV live images from northeastern Gaza showed a plume of grey smoke about 30 minutes after the truce was to take effect, and again around 30 minutes later. It follows a deal struck by mediators Qatar, the United States and Egypt after months of negotiations, and takes effect on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as US president.
"At this stage, heading towards the buffer zone or moving from south to north via Gaza Valley puts you at risk.""Maybe this is the beginning of end of suffering for both sides, hopefully," said Beeri Yemeni, a university student, adding that"the war needed to end like a long, long time ago".Israel has prepared reception centres to provide medical treatment and counselling to the freed hostages before they return to their families after their long ordeal.
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