2025-10-09
12 分钟This is The Guardian.
This afternoon the view from Gaza on the day of the ceasefire agreement.
In the early hours of this morning, while it was still dark outside,
Palestinians in Gaza crowded around their phones and television sets as the news broke.
Hamas and Israel had, finally, agreed to the initial phase of a ceasefire plan for Gaza.
Donald Trump broke the news on his Truth social platform.
heralding in what he called the first steps towards a strong, durable and everlasting peace.
Previous ceasefires have collapsed,
but this agreement could be the best hope yet for an end to Israel's two-year war on Gaza.
It has already killed at least 67,000 people and left 170,000 more injured,
overwhelmingly civilians.
Almost the entire strip has also been reduced to rubble.
In the first step that's been agreed,
the remaining 20 Israeli hostages believed to still be alive will be released,
perhaps as early as Monday, and the remains of 28 others will be returned to their families.
As many as 1,700 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are due to be freed in the coming days or weeks,
and the Israeli military is preparing to partially pull back their troops.
A lot of the details in Trump's 21-point peace plan are still unclear,
like how or if Hamas might put down their weapons,
whether they'll agree that they will have no further political role in Gaza,