Nepal Rastriya Dainik
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages as aid trucks reach Gaza

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Hours after Israel released 90 Palestinians as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israeli settlers rampaged through two occupied West Bank villages north of Jerusalem, where Palestinian homes, a nursery and a local business were burned.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that Israeli forces supported settlers during the overnight violence and dozens of Palestinians have been arrested in military raids in the West Bank,
A young child was among at least three Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli forces in Rafah, in southern Gaza, since the ceasefire took hold on Sunday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 915 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of the ceasefire deal.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,035 Palestinians and wounded 111,091 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.

Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire won’t start until Hamas gives captives list

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli military not to begin the ceasefire in Gaza, scheduled to start at 8:30 am (0630 GMT) until Hamas issues the names of the captives to be released, his office said.

“The prime minister instructed the IDF that the ceasefire, which is supposed to go into effect at 8:30 am, will not begin until Israel has the list of released abductees that Hamas has pledged to provide,” his office said in a statement on Sunday.

In a statement shortly afterwards, Hamas blamed the delay in handing over the names on “technical field reasons.” It said that it is committed to the ceasefire deal announced last week.And Hamas has reiterated it is committed to the cease fire, and then it will hand these names over as soon as they can.”

Gaza ceasefire deal to take effect on 19th January

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Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said the agreement would come into effect on Sunday so long as it was approved by the Israeli cabinet.

US President Joe Biden said it would “halt the fighting in Gaza, surge much needed-humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, and reunite the hostages with their families after more than 15 months in captivity”.

The Israeli prime minister’s office said earlier there were “several unresolved clauses” but it hoped details could be finalised on Wednesday night. A Hamas official said it had approved the draft from mediators.

Palestinians in Gaza and Israeli hostages’ families celebrated the news, which will see 33 of the almost 100 hostages held by Hamas exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails over the first six-week phase of the ceasefire.

Israeli forces will pull back from populated areas of Gaza, displaced Palestinians will be allowed to begin returning to their homes, and hundreds of aid lorries will be allowed into the territory each day.

Negotiations for the second phase – which should see the remaining hostages released, a full Israeli troop withdrawal and a “sustainable calm” – would start on the 16th day of the ceasefire.

The third and final stage would involve the reconstruction of Gaza – something which could take years – and the return of any remaining hostages’ bodies.

The deal is expected to be approved by the Israeli cabinet, possibly as soon as Thursday morning, although the far-right national security minister has said he will vote against it.

Then the names of all the Palestinian prisoners due for release will be made public by the Israeli government, and the families of any victims will be given 48 hours to appeal.

The Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 46,700 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry. Most of the 2.3 million population has also been displaced, there is widespread destruction, and there are severe shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter due to a struggle to get aid to those in need.

Israel says 94 of the hostages are still being held by Hamas, of whom 34 are presumed dead. In addition, there are four Israelis who were abducted before the war, two of whom are dead.

Israeli forces will pull back from populated areas of Gaza, displaced Palestinians will be allowed to begin returning to their homes, and there will be a surge in humanitarian aid.

Hamas agrees to free 34 hostages during first stage of deal with Israel

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The Gaza-based Palestinian radical group Hamas has agreed to free 34 hostages from the list provided by the Israeli side within the framework of the first stage of a ceasefire deal on Gaza, the Asharq TV channel said, quoting a source in the movement.

According to the media outlet, the list, submitted by Israel and approved by Hamas, meets the criteria coordinated during the latest round of talks. It includes women, children and those in poor health being held hostage in the Gaza Strip. It was specified that the movement agreed to release these hostages but it needs about a week to determine whether they are alive.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that the list was not prepared by Hamas but handed over by Israel last summer.

On January 5, Reuters said, quoting a Hamas representative, that the movement approved the list of 24 hostages it was ready to release within the framework of the agreement on Gaza. Later, Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser to the Israeli prime minister’s office, told that no such list was received by Israel from Hamas during talks.

At the end of November 2023, Hamas reported reaching an agreement with Israel, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, on a humanitarian truce which lasted a week. Israel managed to liberate 110 hostages during this time. On December 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire and announced renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip, which continues to this day. After several rounds of talks held in 2024 with the participation of Egypt, Qatar and the US, the parties to the conflict could not reach an agreement on the deal.

On January 2, Netanyahu’s office said that an Israeli delegation will soon travel to Qatar to resume the negotiations. The latest round of dialogue with Israeli representatives was held in Doha at the end of 2024.

No point on celebrating al-Assad’s fall amid Israel’s invasion

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On December 8, Israel launched a military campaign targeting sites across Syria and advancing into Quneitra under the pretext of searching for weapons and collaborators with the Lebanese group Hezbollah and Iran.

Israeli forces set up checkpoints, uprooted trees, and destroyed the village’s only military post, which was merely a small station housing a few officers.

Israeli forces have also fired stun grenades, tear gas and live bullets at demonstrators unhappy at their encroachment into Syria.

The most recent incident came on Wednesday when Israeli forces fired on a protest against their destruction of several structures in two Quneitra villages and injured three people.

Israel’s incursion comes after Syria’s longtime autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, was toppled by a lightning opposition offensive earlier in December.

Days later, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s presence in Syria would be “temporary”, yet he later clarified that Israel would illegally remain on Syrian soil until a new security arrangement is reached with Syria’s new authority.

Quneitra sits in the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory that Israel invaded and occupied during the 1967 war.After Israel’s withdrawal in 1974 from most of the territory it had occupied – while illegally retaining some of the Golan Heights – and the declaration of a demilitarised zone under UN supervision, the area remained largely neglected.

Today, many inhabitants continue to face uncertainty despite expressing hope that the country will recover from the devastation of the conflict. But Israel’s expanding and seemingly indefinite occupation of Syrian territory is already crushing some people’s optimism. “There is fear, and a lack of water, electricity, and food [in Quneitra’s villages]. Schools are closed, unlike in other provinces.

Those who have chosen to stay fear Israel’s aggression, especially if they protest its ongoing assault on the country.Many Syrians, worry Israel will find a new pretext to confiscate more Syrian land in the name of “security”.