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Qatar: Gaza ceasefire to come into effect on Sunday at 6:30 am GMT
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Women sit near posters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
The Gaza ceasefire will come into effect on Sunday at 8:30 am (0630 GMT,) the Qatari foreign ministry spokesman says on X.
“As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 am on Sunday, January 19, local time in Gaza,” Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari says.
“We advise the inhabitants to take precaution, exercise the utmost caution, and wait for directions from official sources.”
The exact time of the ceasefire’s start had been unclear, though Israel, whose cabinet earlier approved the hostage and prisoner exchange deal, had said no prisoners would be freed before 1400 GMT.
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