Gazans anxiously await Israel-Hamas war ceasefire news — but with their home in ruins, few know what's next
Gazans were anxiously awaiting confirmation on Tuesday of whether a ceasefire deal would bring an end to 15 months of deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas.
After more than 15 months of war that has left Gaza in ruins, killed tens of thousands of people and made most of the enclave's population homeless, Palestinians were this week craving an end to fighting. But many had no idea what the future holds.
Like many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Muad Zakariy al-Kahlout was anxiously awaiting news of whether a ceasefire deal that would bring an end to more than a year of deadly fighting in the enclave would be confirmed.
“I used to have many plans for the day after the war,” al-Kahlout, a translator, told NBC News at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. “But now, I really don’t know what to do.”
"I don't know what the day after they stop this war, how the day will look like," al-Kahlout told NBC News' crew on the ground in Gaza on Monday shortly after President Joe Biden said negotiators were “on the brink” of a truce.
A Palestinian child is comforted as he mourns the loss of relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Tuesday.AFP via Getty ImagesBiden, who will leave office next week, said that his administration was "working urgently" to solidify a deal that would bring an end to the deadly fighting in Gaza and see the release of hostages held by Hamas. Israeli's military offensive in Gaza, launched after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack which Israeli officials say killed 1,200 people, has now dragged on for more than 15 months and killed more than 46,500 in the enclave, according to local health authorities.
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