the temporary pause in the deadly israely war in gaza enters a second day and it reports of the regime's violations of the four-day true: loud blast was heard and a cloud of black smoke was seen rising over strip. this was free 39 palestinian prisoners, all women and children, in exchange for 24 captives held by hamas, as part of a seisfire in gaza. forday true which came into force on friday is the first pause in seven weeks of israeli aggression on the besieg strip. the senior hamas leader says the resistance group remains committed to the implementation of a gaza truce agreement. as long as israel

abides by the deal. ismalhenia said the group is prepared to continue countering the israeli onslot on the gaza strip after the true sence. the head of the palestinian islamic jihad resistance movement says the israeli regime has failed to achieve its stated goals in the gaza war. ziad nakhala also says the current prisoner swap deal with tel aviv will finally lead to another agreement that will force the regime to release all palestinian prisoners. rallies have been held in number of cities around the world and solidarity with palestinians who were under constant israeli bombardment in gaza for almost 50 days. in the us, protesters held nationwide valleys to call for an end to the regime's genocide of palestinians.

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