Gazans celebrate as delayed ceasefire takes effect

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Gazans gathered in front of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah on Sunday (January 19), celebrating the delayed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas coming into effect.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Gazans gathered in front of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Bala on Sunday, celebrating the

00:08delayed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas coming into effect.

00:13The ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip took effect at 11.15 a.m. on Sunday after a nearly

00:19three-hour delay, pausing a 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political

00:25change to the Middle East.

00:27Israel blamed Hamas for the delay after Hamas failed to provide a list naming the first

00:32three hostages to be released under the deal.

00:35Hamas attributed the delay to technical reasons, without specifying what those were.

00:41The highly anticipated ceasefire deal could help usher in an end to the Gaza war, which

00:46began after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people.

00:55Israel's response has reduced much of Gaza to rubble and killed nearly 47,000 Palestinians,

01:01according to Gaza-based health authorities.

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