‘All of Gaza is very happy'

‘NO DYING TODAY’: JUBILATION ERUPTS IN PRE-DAWN DARKNESS OVER CEASEFIRE DEAL

- Khan Yunis

THANKS TO GOD. Palestinians celebrate in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip yesterday following news of a new Gaza ceasefire deal. Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to free the remaining hostages in a major step towards ending a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.

(AFP)

Palestinians in Gaza clapped, cheered and danced in the predawn darkness yesterday, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal in a major step towards ending the devastating two-year war in the territory.

Around a dozen young men shouted joyful chants of “Allahu akbar”, meaning God is the greatest, outside Khan Yunis’ Nasser Hospital, as one man lifted another onto his shoulders.

A man wearing a journalist’s press vest was also carried above the crowd.

“Thanks to God for this ceasefire, thanks for the end of the bloodshed and the killing,” said Abdelmajid Abedrabbo, one of the people celebrating.

“All of the Gaza Strip is happy, all of the Arab people are happy about the ceasefire,” he added.