– I am very happy about the ceasefire, it will make it easier for people, says Morad Abu Hadad to news. The ceasefire starts on Thursday, and according to the agreement must last for at least four days. The man we meet comes rolling on an old moped with a loading platform. On the plane there is a large container with water. But the gas tank is dry. – My tuktuk is tired, but now I hope we can get petrol for it so that it is easier to get around, says Hadad. The cease-fire in the Gaza Strip means that 50 Israeli children and women who are held hostage will be released. 150 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are to be released. Hopefully, it will also lead to more emergency aid arriving for the war-weary citizens. In the intermediate camps in the south of Gaza, daily life goes on in its strange way. Now it will be seen what the ceasefire will mean for access to, among other things, food. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil / news Missing books and petrol But despite a binding agreement to ensure peace for at least four days, not everyone is as optimistic. – Ceasefires have not helped us. We don’t come to our house to pick up a mattress once, says Maran al Kofraneh to news. She is sitting with her sisters and mother outside an intermediate tent in one of the camps for internally displaced refugees. Maran is a student and misses her books and the life she lived before the war between Hamas and Israel started. Maran al Kofraneh and his family are currently in a refugee camp in Gaza. They miss their normal life. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil / news – I have younger sisters who go to school. If we had our books, maybe they could read to forget everything that is happening. For Morad Abu Hadad, who came rolling with his moped without fuel, the ceasefire still offers a glimmer of hope. – Now I can get enough petrol for the time ahead if the war continues, says the young man. Norway increases financial support Norwegian Tor Wennesland is the UN’s special envoy to the Middle East. He urges the parties to keep the ceasefire agreement and praises the authorities in Egypt, Qatar and the United States for working towards a solution. At the same time comes the news that Norway is increasing financial support to Palestine by half a billion kroner. Money that will go to humanitarian aid and support for the Palestinian Authority. – There is warfare in an area where both the private and public sectors collide. It is challenging. This is what Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told VG on Wednesday afternoon. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says that they expect the first hostages to return home on Thursday. – Israel’s government has undertaken to bring all the hostages home, said Cohen.
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