Thank you for joining us. Along with george howell. It is 9 00 in israel and gaza where a ceasefire has been in effect for the past hour. Israel and hamas treated rocket fire and air strikes until the last minute with large and powerful explosions in gaza. This truce is scheduled to last until 8 00 p. M. Local time, 11 more hours. We have live pictures for you now from gaza where you can see some barely visible homes. Relatively quiet since the ceasefire began and not so right up until the very minute it began. Of course this pause in the fighting is meant to bring medical supplies into gaza and many wounded to be evacuated. Israel said if hamas breaks the truce it will respond. Quite fragile. John vaus is in jerusalem. From your vantage point, we see smoke still billowing. What do you understand . Reporter joe, so far, so good. We are an hour in and it is relatively quiet there in gaza. Certainly in gaza city. Cars are back out on the streets and shops are expected to reopen. Medical
And thank you for joining us. It is 7 00 a. M. In israel and gaza and we are just one hour away from what could be the longest pause in fighting since this latest conflict began. Israel and hamas have agreed to stop fighting for 12 hours today, but israel warns if hamas militants break the truce, it it will respond. The Gaza Health Ministry says 883 people have been killed, close to 6,000 wounded. 40 israelis have been killed, most of them soldiers. Cnns john balls joins us now with the very latest. Im sure with the sun up there, john, people are likely on pins and needles to what the next hours will bring. Yeah, absolutely, natalie. And what weve heard from the idf is that they are continuing carrying out air strikes on gaza even as this cease fire approaches. Were also being told by the Israeli Defense forces in the last few hours or so, hamas fired four rockets from gaza into israel. Three of those were intercepted, one landing in an open field. And you say everyone waiting to see i
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