“NATO welcomes the ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Gaza. We applaud the efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United States in brokering this agreement that brings hope to the region,” Javier Colomina, Special Representative for the Southern Neighborhood, wrote to X. Ta.
Late Wednesday night, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani announced that mediation efforts by Doha, Cairo and Washington had led to an agreement between Israel and Hamas.
“Full implementation of the agreement is critical as a first step towards increasing stability in the Middle East,” Colomina added.
Separately, Denmark on Thursday joined many other European countries in welcoming the ceasefire agreement, saying it had created “new hope and momentum.”
According to a report by Anadolu Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen as saying, “A new humanitarian aid program for Palestinians with the ambition to support civilians and promote early reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip” was quoted by Foreign Ministry as saying. “Contributions are progressing,” he wrote to X.
The ceasefire announcement was made 467 days after Israel’s massacre in Gaza. More than 46,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, the majority of them women and children.
The war left more than 11,000 people missing, caused widespread destruction and a humanitarian crisis, and claimed the lives of many elderly people and children in one of the worst global humanitarian disasters in history.
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