Israel-Hamas battle stay: Gaza ceasefire agreed as first 13 hostages to be freed

David Cameron will meet with Palestinian leaders to debate how Britain may also help alleviate the disaster in Gaza after the announcement of a truce within the battle between Israel and Hamas.

The overseas secretary earlier held talks with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and president Isaac Herzog because it was confirmed a four-day ceasefire will start on Friday morning.

Lord Cameron will proceed his go to to the area on Friday, assembly with Palestinian leaders to deal with how the UK may also help reply to the disaster in Gaza.

“Tomorrow, in conferences with Palestinian leaders and assist companies, he’ll deal with how UK efforts may also help alleviate the rising humanitarian disaster in Gaza,” the overseas workplace stated in a publish on X, previously often known as Twitter.

“We’re working in direction of a long-term political answer to this disaster.”

Hamas is ready to launch 23 Thai hostages it’s holding in Gaza with none situations, in line with a report by the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed information web site.

The discharge of Thai hostages wouldn’t be linked to the deal reached by Israel and Hamas over the discharge of dozens of Israeli hostages held by militants in addition to Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, the outlet stated.

The announcement comes after Iran-mediated talks between the Palestinian militant group and the Thai authorities, it stated.

Israeli forces intensified strikes from “air, land and sea” throughout Gaza between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon forward of the scheduled truce, the UN stated.

“Many casualties have been reported,” the UN Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated.

About 200 sufferers and medical employees have been awaiting evacuation on the Indonesian hospital in North Gaza, it stated, including that the hospital was surrounded by Israeli forces.

Three kids, together with an toddler in an incubator died in Kamal Odwan hospital in North Gaza’s Jabalia on Wednesday as a result of lack of electrical energy, the UN report added.

1000’s of individuals in Cuba led by president Miguel Diaz-Canel marched alongside Havana’s iconic boardwalk in a present of solidarity with the Palestinian individuals.

Carrying a black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, Mr Diaz-Canel on Thursday was accompanied by prime minister Manuel Marrero and overseas minister Bruno Rodriguez.

The marchers walked for 2km, passing in entrance of the US Embassy. Palestinian medical college students who have been in Cuba as a part of a cooperation program joined the rally.

“Right now we’re supporting the Palestinian individuals, supporting all these individuals who really feel the ache of getting misplaced a member of the family, a beloved one resulting from this bloodbath,” Yanquiel Cardoso, a bodily tradition specialist who participated instructed Related Press.

“We’re asking for a ceasefire … and for palestine to be free.”

Many younger individuals had posters with the phrase “Free palestine” with crude pictures of kids injured by bombs or flags figuring out each Cubans and Palestinians.

As hundreds of thousands of Individuals collect collectively for turkey and pumpkin pie, one New York household is desperately lacking their 19-year-old son, who remains to be being held hostage by Hamas.

“Right now is Thanksgiving. As Individuals we now have an empty seat on the desk — you do not need to stay in my universe,” his father Ruby Chen instructed The Impartial.

His son Itay Chen was captured by the militant group throughout the lethal assault on October 7 that killed 1,200 civilians in Israel.

Bel Trew and Mike Bedigan report.

The chief of the World Well being Organisation has joined the refrain of Arab leaders and Palestinian teams calling for the non permanent truce agreed between Israel and Hamas in a single day to be was a everlasting ceasefire.

In a press release on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated he “welcomed the announcement” from the early hours of this morning however that it was “not sufficient to finish the struggling of civilians”.

“Efforts to free the remaining hostages should proceed, and I reiterate that these nonetheless in captivity should obtain any wanted medical care,” he stated.

“We proceed to name for all hostages to be launched. We additionally proceed to name for a ceasefire in order that civilians in Gaza can obtain sustained, protected and scaled up assist for restoration.”

Hamas is making an attempt to “extort” Israel and hostages ought to be launched and not using a worth, Israel’s economic system minister Nir Barkat instructed Sky Information.

Requested in regards to the variety of Palestinian deaths, which the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry says has surpassed 13,000, Mr Barkat says: “No, I’m sorry, I’m not keen to hearken to this sport principle. It isn’t about sport principle, not numbers.

“It is rather easy. We’ll go in any case of Hamas. And we’ll do one of the best we will to not harm harmless individuals, however they use them as shelter.”

A four-day ceasefire in Gaza set to start on Friday will enable for the discharge of fifty hostages, the supply of desperately wanted humanitarian assist, and a quick respite from the relentless bombardment of the densely populated territory for greater than two million civilians.

However what occurs when it ends?

The quick reply is that the battle will proceed, and it might be even bloodier than earlier than. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu put it bluntly on Wednesday throughout a stay handle in regards to the hostage deal. “The battle continues,” he stated. “We proceed till we now have achieved full victory.”

Households of hostages, and Palestinians trapped in besieged Gaza wait anxiously for the beginning of a long-awaited truce and change of captives, within the first breakthrough in a bloody seven-week battle, The Impartial’s chief worldwide correspondent Bel Trew reviews.

At the least 50 girls and kids captured by militants are anticipated to be step by step launched over a 4 day interval in change for a halt in preventing and the discharge of 150 Palestinian girls and kids jailed in Israel.

Hamas stated tons of of vehicles carrying humanitarian assist – together with gasoline – could be allowed to enter Gaza.

The extent of demise and destruction in Gaza is “unparalleled”, Qatar’s overseas ministry has stated, warning that whereas Friday’s truce is an important step in direction of peace, “no quantity of assist goes to be sufficient”, The Impartial’s chief worldwide correspondent Bel Trew reviews.

Dr Majed Al-Ansari, Qatari overseas ministry spokesperson, urged the worldwide neighborhood to barter the unfettered movement of provides into the Strip, on the eve of the primary non permanent ceasefire, which Doha was integral in pushing by.

Beneath the phrases of the deal, throughout a four-day pause in preventing, Hamas militants will free 50 Israeli girls and kids hostages in change for the discharge of 150 Palestinian girls and youngsters in Israeli prisons.