{"id":2392323,"date":"2025-01-19T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-week-israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-effect-after-tense-delay-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:08:29","slug":"six-week-israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-effect-after-tense-delay-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-week-israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-effect-after-tense-delay-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Six week Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect after tense delay &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsix-week-israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-effect-after-tense-delay-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egyptian-and-jordanian-leaders-reject-any-effort-to-displace-palestinians\/\" title=\"Egyptian and Jordanian leaders oppose displacing Palestinians\">-week ceasefire<\/a> between Israel and Hamas took effect after a brief delay attributed to \u2062technical \u2063issues.The\u200b armistice was\u200d finalized when Hamas announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be \u2062released, fulfilling a key condition\u200d for the \u2064ceasefire.In exchange,Israel agreed to \u200crelease 90 \u200cPalestinian prisoners,primarily women and minors. despite the delay, airstrikes occurred, resulting in casualties in Gaza during that time.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian government reported that \u200c202 aid trucks \u200dcrossed into Gaza following the ceasefire, \u200bbringing relief to residents. A truck driver expressed his joy at being able to deliver much-needed aid. As the ceasefire commenced, Israeli military vehicles were seen withdrawing from Gaza, \u2064indicating a\u2064 de-escalation in hostilities. Celebrations ensued from both sides, \u200dwith Hamas organizing a parade\u2062 to mark the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Six week Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect after tense delay<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1936345\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3287722\/israel-and-hamas-finalize-ceasefire-hostage-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ceasefire\">ceasefire<\/a> in Gaza between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ceasefire\">Israel<\/a> and Hamas began on Sunday after a short delay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The armistice was delayed by three hours, due to what Hamas claimed were technical reasons. Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-01-19-2025-437f7f1bf49c9d2936718cf78bdf272c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">carried out airstrikes<\/a> over the period, with Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal claiming that 19 Gazans were killed over this period. At around 10:30 a.m. local time, Hamas released the names of the three Israeli hostages it planned to release later on Sunday, fulfilling the final requirement and putting the ceasefire into effect.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284826\/inauguration-day-2025-donald-trump-jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INAUGURATION DAY 2025: EVERYTHING TO KNOW AHEAD OF TRUMP TAKING OFFICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Displaced Palestinians wave the Palestinian flag as they return to Rafah, while a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Mariam Dagga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Romi Gonen, 24; Emily Damari, 28; and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, were named as the three Israeli hostages to be released first. They were handed over to the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange, 90 Palestinian prisoners, mostly women and minors, are being gathered by Israel&rsquo;s Prison Service, which said it had received the list of prisoners and would transfer them to the Ofer detention center, after which they would be handed over to the Red Cross, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/19\/world\/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian government announced that 202 aid trucks had crossed the border into Gaza after the ceasefire took effect. The drivers honked their horns in celebration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t describe my feelings of happiness today,&rdquo; Zein El Abdeen, a truck driver, told the outlet while in tears. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy to get to deliver aid for Gaza.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Videos showed a massive column of Israeli tanks and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolivian-armed-forces-launch-failed-coup-attempt-to-overthrow-socialist-government-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Bolivian armed forces launch failed coup attempt to overthrow socialist government - Washington Examiner\">armored vehicles withdrawing<\/a> from Gaza the night before the ceasefire took effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220465\/what-trump-promised-day-one-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO DO ON DAY 1 IN THE OVAL OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Merkava&rdquo; Mark 3\/4 Main Battle Tanks, &ldquo;Namer&rdquo; Armored Personnel Carriers, &ldquo;Puma&rdquo; Armored Engineering Vehicles, and Caterpillar D9 Armored Bulldozers with the 432nd Infantry Battalion of the Givati Brigade, seen withdrawing last night from the Gaza Strip, after fighting against&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ILHSRAOzOM\">pic.twitter.com\/ILHSRAOzOM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1880919643189018808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hamas held a parade after the ceasefire, with cheering crowds greeting masked and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">armed militants riding<\/a> on pickup trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Gazan civilians took to the streets to celebrate the ceasefire, with many expressing hope that it signaled an end to the war altogether.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like at last I found some water to drink after getting lost in the desert for 15 months. I feel alive again,&rdquo; Aya, a woman from northern Gaza City who had taken shelter in central Gaza for over a year, told <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3231270\/abortion-foes-hope-gop-governors-spend-political-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ABORTION FOES SEE HOPE IF THEY CAN GET GOP GOVERNORS TO SPEND POLITICAL CAPITAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, take part in a parade as they celebrate a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We are now waiting for the day we head back to our home in Gaza City. Damaged or not, it doesn&rsquo;t matter, the nightmare of death and starvation is over,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>As previously threatened, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/ben-gvirs-otzma-yehudit-leaves-coalition-over-approval-of-hostage-ceasefire-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> his resignation over the hostage deal, removing the Jewish Power Party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s government coalition. He denounced the ceasefire and hostage deal as a &ldquo;surrender-to-terror deal, which crosses all ideological red lines.&rdquo; The move is not expected to collapse the government.<\/p>\n<p>The ceasefire deal will pause fighting for six weeks and open negotiations to end the war altogether. Over those six weeks, 33 hostages will be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Displaced Palestinians will be able to return to what&rsquo;s left of their homes, and humanitarian aid will flow freely.<\/p>\n<p>Israel estimated that 30 of nearly 100 remaining hostages are dead, but U.S. and Israeli officials privately believe the true number to be much higher, the&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal-gaza-hostage-release-cdf9ba32?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. Of the 33 hostages set to be released, some are expected to be dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 470-day war is the deadliest in Israel&rsquo;s history. While casualty counts are controversial, the Hamas-controlled Gazan Health Ministry, overseen by Hamas, reports that 46,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, most of them women and children, though its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/percentage-of-us-residents-who-are-foreign-born-rises-to-highest-level-in-113-years\/\" title=\"Percentage of US Residents Who Are Foreign Born Rises to Highest Level in 113 Years\">figures don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t distinguish between civilians and fighters. It says another 110,000 have been wounded, while nearly the entire population has been displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Over 400 Israel Defense Force soldiers have been killed in operations in Gaza. Roughly 1,200 Israelis were killed in Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack that ignited the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1936345\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1936345\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel-Hamas ceasefire begins after brief delay; airstrikes continue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2392324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gazans-celebrate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13427,13022,4671],"class_list":["post-2392323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ceasefire","tag-hamas","tag-israel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gazans-celebrate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392327,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392323\/revisions\/2392327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}