Israeli police officers scuffle with demonstrators in occupied Jerusalem during a protest against a ceasefire deal in Gaza on January 16, 2025 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

A view of damage at a residential building following an Israeli occupation air raid on Jabalia on Thursday [Hasan N H Alzaanin/Anadolu]

Nine reported killed in Israeli occupation attack on Jabalia home.

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Smoke rises from northern Gaza where fighting raged on Thursday [Amir Cohen/Reuters]

Demonstrators rally in front of the US State Department building in Washington, DC, on Thursday to demand Israel end its occupation of Palestine following a ceasefire agreement in Gaza [Celal Gunes/Anadolu]

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather to celebrate a planned ceasefire and protest against Israel’s oppression of Palestinians in San Francisco, California, the US, on Thursday [Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu]

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Washington, San Francisco.

According to documented reports by the United Nations, the "Israeli" aggression on the Gaza Strip has caused an unprecedented level of destruction in modern history, with more than two-thirds of the Strip's buildings damaged. Another damage assessment, conducted by the United Nations Satellite Center "UNOSAT", concluded that nearly 70% of the Strip's buildings, a total of 170,812 buildings, were damaged or destroyed, until December 1, 2024.

تحركات لرتل لآليات الجيش الإسرائيلي على الجدار الشرقي لسد المنطرة أكبر السدود المائية في الجنوب السوري في محافظة القنيطرة جنوب غرب سوريا

Egyptian sources to Al Arabiya TV:

Mediators discuss establishing a joint operations room in Cairo to oversee the ceasefire

Macron:

Two French nationals among 33 hostages to be released in first phase of deal.

Cairo technical meetings begin to develop mechanisms for implementing the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

UN chief urges end to Israeli ‘occupation’ in southern Lebanon.

Israeli prisoners will be transferred from inside Gaza to the Red Cross and from there directly to the Israeli army.

Israel’s security cabinet approves ceasefire agreement.

The cabinet has voted to back the recently agreed truce deal with Hamas.

Gaza death toll rises

Israeli attacks in Gaza over the last 24 hours have killed at least 88 people and injured 189, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

This brings the total toll of the war in Gaza to 46,876 killed and 110,642 injured, it added.

About 1,740 prisoners, including 296 life-sentenced prisoners, will be released during the first phase of the deal.

Houthis attacks on targets in southern, central Israel.

Yemen’s Houthi has struck targets in central and southern Israel as well as a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.

Israel releases names of 95 Palestinians to be freed on Sunday as part of Gaza deal.

The occupation targets a house near Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.