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Four-day truce came into effect seven weeks into aggression on Gaza

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  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 24 Nov 2023 08:27
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At 7:50, media sources in Rafah reported that Israeli occupation vehicles were continuously opening heavy gunfire. 

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  • Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 (AP)
    Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 (AP)

The temporary truce between the Israeli occupation and the Resistance in Gaza came into effect at 7 am, following an Israeli aggression that has persisted for 47 days, leaving thousands injured and killed. 

The Gaza Strip's humanitarian pause in #Gaza has now come into effect.

The decision was announced by the Qatari Foreign Ministry, noting that the Palestinian resistance is scheduled to release the first captives at 04:00 pm today.

The ministry stated that a total of 13… pic.twitter.com/EEiBK6rxLy

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 24, 2023

The truce will last for four days subject to potential extension. The truce entails the liberation of a number of imprisoned Palestinian women and minors (under the age of 19) from Israeli occupation jails and the admission of relief aid and fuel in the besieged Gaza Strip.

A four-day truce for the brutal aggression on #Gaza will take place on Friday.

Here are the truce terms that you want to know.#Palestine#GazaUnderAttack#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/9Jm65K7JfL

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 23, 2023

In the last hours before the truce came into effect, the Israeli occupation launched intense airstrikes against the northern, central, and southern Gaza Strip, targeting schools (that housed displaced individuals), hospitals, and houses, and resulting in dozens of casualties.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent confirmed that “no sounds of bombing have been heard in Gaza since seven in the morning.” 

However, at 7:50 media sources in Rafah reported that Israeli occupation vehicles have been continuously opening heavy gunfire. 

Despite the preventive measures taken by the IOF in Gaza to stop displaced Palestinians from heading north, many displaced Palestinians have started returning to their homes in Beit Hanoun in northeastern Gaza. 

Al Mayadeen's correspondent at the Rafah border crossing reported that fuel trucks are being admitted into Gaza after seven weeks of an all-out siege, adding that a number of them returned to Egyptian territory after unloading their cargo to have it distributed in the Gaza Strip.

Media sources at the Rafah crossing also reported that a number of ambulances transporting wounded Palestinians entered Egyptian territory heading to El-Arish Hospital.

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Describing the situation, an anchor on the Israeli Channel 13 said, “Unfortunately, we are seeing pictures coming out of the Rafah crossing showing how trucks carrying fuel have begun to enter Gaza within the framework of the ceasefire agreement.”

During the 47 days leading up to the ceasefire, 7000 civilians were recorded to be missing, including more than 4700 children and women. 

Read more: Gaza ceasefire deal does not include Lebanon: Israeli media

The agreement reached through Qatari and Egyptian mediation efforts was scheduled to go into effect on Thursday. However, Israeli media outlets reported on Wednesday evening that the deal was not finalized and is likely to start on Friday instead.

The limited truce remains under heavy criticism by international organizations, human rights activists, and several countries and officials calling for an immediate ceasefire rather than an insufficient truce. But these calls have been rejected by both the United States and the Israeli occupation entity, stressing that the aggression must continue until all "Tel Aviv's" objectives are fulfilled, something which military experts and diplomats expressed extreme doubts over.

Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant stated on Thursday that the upcoming humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip between "Israel" and the Palestinian resistance is expected to be brief and will be followed by approximately two more months of conflict.

"This will be a short respite after which the fighting will resume with intensity and pressure to bring back more hostages. At least two more months of fighting are expected," Gallant was quoted as telling the troops of a navy's commando unit by the I24News broadcaster.

Gallant's remarks came right after the IOF conducted another massacre at the Jabalia refugee camp, shortly before a temporary ceasefire was due to begin.

"Israel" and the Palestinian Resistance confirmed on Wednesday that they have reached a four-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

The terms include a halt to all hostilities and the release of 50 Israeli captives in exchange for the freedom of 150 Palestinian prisoners.

Read more: US fears journalists enter Gaza during truce, expose Israeli crimes

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