Hamas says it is committed to ceasefire deal
The Palestinian group has reiterated its commitment to ending the war in Gaza, maintaining the ceasefire and initiating the reconstruction of the enclave.
“As a movement, we are committed to the implementation of the agreement, which guarantees the cessation of war, the protection of our people from attacks, and the commencement of reconstruction,” Hamas’s leader in the occupied West Bank, Zahir Jabbarin, said in a televised statement.
“We do not accept any international tutelage over our people.”
He also said that it was time for the Palestinian people to be recognised for their right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state.
Jabbarin stressed: “Today, the world faces a real test. Those who want to bring peace to the region must implement the unified stance of the international community, ensure the establishment of the State of Palestine, resolve the issue of prisoners, and ensure the release of all remaining prisoners without fighting.”
The agreement mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US was signed in Egypt, where the negotiations between Israel and Hamas were held, and the deal came into effect on October 10 with the approval of the former.
Israeli forces shell north Gaza
Our team on the ground reports that the Israeli army is still shelling the eastern areas of northern Gaza’s Shujayea, despite the ceasefire.
Yesterday, three Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks, some of the nearly two dozen who have been killed since the ceasefire went into effect on October 10.
Israeli military marking along ceasefire’s ‘yellow line’ in Gaza: Katz
The Israeli military has begun marking the so-called “yellow line” – the line to which Israel’s military pulled back to under the ceasefire deal, Minister of Defence Israel Katz has said in a post on X.
The line is to warn Hamas and Gaza residents “that any violation or attempt to cross the line will be met with fire”, Katz said.
The Israeli military has already opened fire on people it claimed crossed the line, killing several Palestinians in the days since the ceasefire, despite no markings on the ground before this latest announcement.
According to a rough map shared by Trump, the yellow line leaves about 58 percent of Gaza under Israeli control, as verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad team.
And the 42% left is mostly sand dunes, desert and rubble. All agricultural land (which needs to be rehabilitated first, 92% destroyed) is all inside the militarized occupied kill zone area.
