In about an hour and a half a ceasefire is finally expected to start in Gaza.
In on the ground reports from Gaza and the West Bank Palestinians are hopeful and celebrate a possible end to large scale bombardment of Gaza. In the West Bank there are reports from Friday of the Palestinian Authority and IOF putting down celebrations.
In Gaza reports are of increased IOF bombings of tent cities.
But maybe in an hour some of this gets better.
Videos from Northern Gaza in the moments before the ceasefire is scheduled to begin shows people making their way towards their homes.
Some crowds celebrating or heading home have been killed in last minute airstrikes so this shows the bravery and determination of Palestinians to return to their homes immediately and rebuild.
This ceasefire deal we're watching take place was offered by Hamas in largely the current form since at least May of last year. And in large part is what they wanted from day one, more humanitarian aid in Gaza, more freedom and less occupation.
They dared to survive and fight under a despicable occupation. The scale of the stuffing the Israeli's imposed on civilians is meant to eclipse and deter the bravery of Palestine's freedom fighters.
No amount of destruction can make us forget them.
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