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Welcome back, everyone. Press TV of rolling coverage here after a Gaza ceasefire has been announced in Doha, Qatar, by the prime minister of Qatar just hours ago, a highly anticipated ceasefire that's to be basically implemented in three different phases involving a complete end to the genocide, the bombing, the indiscriminate bombing and shelling of the besieged Gaza Strip, as well as an initial Israeli troop withdrawal from major cities and ultimately a complete withdrawal aid getting into desperate Gazans, Gazans being allowed to go back to the demolished homes or what's left of them. and aid, desperately needed aid to get into Gaza. And this is supposed to be ended with prisoner exchanges, which are supposed to take place in three different phases. And also in the ultimate phase, we're supposed to see reconstruction begin for Gazans. Now to monitor the ceasefire is going to be the U.S., Egypt, and the Qataris working out of Cairo, the Egyptian capital, to closely monitor that it's implemented by all parties.

Joining us is Ahmed Al-Najjar, press-TV correspondent from the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunus to gauge reactions to this announcement of the Gaza ceasefire and see how Gazans are reacting to it. Hello, Ahmed. Congratulations to this victory for Palestinians after 15 months of a nightmare. Tell us what people are saying and how they're celebrating the ceasefire down there in Gaza.

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Ahmed Al-Najjar: A couple of hours ago, right behind me here next to Nasser Hospital, the streets were filled with people who came, who have no connection to internet or electricity and came here just to have the recent developments regarding the ceasefire and to their fortune. It was announced the Qatari prime minister and foreign minister announced that it will take place on the upcoming Sunday. Within three days it will go into effect. However, since then, they return to their tents, they return to their makeshift shelter, return to wherever they are displaced as they have been put in a state of disappointment that it didn't start right away, as Israel is pressing ahead with more attacks on the Gaza Strip, reminding them that their happiness, their safety, wasn't even completed yet.

We're talking about at least 10 Palestinians who were killed just since the announcement of this ceasefire, just in Gaza City, where the occupation has carried three airstrikes. One of them targeted a residential building for Anabih family within the eastern parts of Gaza City. Another one was a series of fire bursts conducted within area in northern Gaza, and another one that targeted a group of civilians also within Gaza City. Here in Khan Yunis City, at least two airstrikes were committed within the so-called safe zone. One of them targeted