It’s sunny and blue skies. The brutal war seems for a few moments far away. After Hamas and Israel agreed to a four-day ceasefire, children in Gaza have flocked to playgrounds along the coast in the south. – I am very happy about the ceasefire and that we have gone to the beach. I hope the ceasefire continues, and that we continue to be happy like now, says Farah Halas to news’s journalists in Gaza. Huskers and dumpsters are full of eager children. Three little boys dig on the beach. Someone takes a long-awaited bath. Three boys play on the beach in southern Gaza. Relief and play on the beach in Gaza this weekend. Photo: JEBRIL KMEIL/news A little further south, on the border with Egypt, several trucks with emergency aid enter the small Gaza Strip, the size of Mjøsa. More emergency aid is part of the agreement between Hamas and Israel. Frightened by the war, Zena Fayad says she is tired of the war and that she can’t sleep because of the bombs. – I hope the ceasefire continues, we are tired of war every single day. The sound of the bombs is very disturbing and scary, she says. Farah Halas says she has been frightened by the bombing and has not been able to sleep. Photo: JEBRIL KMEIL/news A little boy has finally had a bath. – May God allow the truce to continue. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the beach, we came here now and swam. We are having a lot of fun because there is a ceasefire, says the little boy Mohammed Al Shanbari to news. Fardous Tanborah says she is also happy about the ceasefire, but that they live in humiliating conditions. She washes kitchen utensils at the water’s edge. – We have waited a long time for the ceasefire, and have come here to take a bath. It has been 48 days since the last time. It is a real humiliation we are living now, I cry for the people here, says Tanborah. Fardous Tanborah says they live in unworthy conditions and have not bathed in 50 days. Photo: JEBRIL KMEIL/news There is a precarious shortage of both drinking water and fresh water in Gaza, after Israel stopped large parts of the water supply on 7 October. Several will be released today The ceasefire came into force on Friday, after almost seven weeks of non-stop bombing of Gaza. The attacks are Israel’s response to October 7, when Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza, attacked Israel. Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took over 200 Israelis, many of them children, hostage into Gaza. Monday is the last day of the ceasefire, according to the agreement between Hamas and Israel. It can be extended if the parties agree. Over 14,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks against Gaza in the past seven weeks. Among them are over 6,000 children, according to figures from the Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza. But now the bombing has stopped for three days. And 26 Israeli hostages, all women and children, have been set free. Hostages are transported out of Gaza by the International Red Cross. Photo: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / Reuters So have 78 Palestinians who were imprisoned in Israel, also mainly women and children. According to the plans, several Israelis and Palestinians are to be released today, as part of the agreement. Also listen to Urix:
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