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SvennoJ 2 days ago
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Israeli military claims it fired ‘warning shots’ in Gaza

The Israeli military released a statement saying that it was firing warning shots rather than targeting any of the civilians who were trying to return to northern Gaza. However, as we saw and heard from our teams on the ground, that was simply not the case.

Nonetheless, Israel accuses Hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement.

First, saying that civilians should have been released before any military personnel. Then, there is a little bit of a hold-up for the Israelis. They say that until the captive Arbel Yehud, who they say is a civilian, is released, Israeli troops will not withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor.

As it stands now, the ceasefire deal is still in place, and the next exchange is set to take place a week from today, on Saturday.

However, there’s a lot of pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu from family members of Israeli captives, both former and the ones who are still being held in Gaza, asking Netanyahu to go through all three phases of this deal.

The Israeli public was protesting tonight on the streets in Tel Aviv with that same sentiment, saying that Netanyahu has to ensure that the deal was met, that the war is over and that all of the captives are released.


Aid trucks continue to enter the Gaza Strip


Humanitarian aid trucks continue to pass through the Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom to Israelis, following the ceasefire in Rafah, Gaza, on January 25


Palestinian prisoners arrive in Egypt in bittersweet release

Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News channel has reported that two buses carrying 70 freed Palestinian prisoners arrived in Egypt under the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

The family of released prisoner Munif Abu Atwan, from the city of Dura, south of Hebron, followed his arrival at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing from afar.

They told Al Jazeera Arabic that they were filled with joy and happiness but were also deeply saddened not to be able to meet Atwan, who had been in jail for 23 years and was serving a life sentence.