Deir el-Balah, Gaza – A cautious relief seems to hover over central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah as people stand outside their tents, talking to each other about the ceasefire that is set to come into force after approval by the Israeli cabinet.

Some people are celebrating, while others are worrying that this respite will prove brief and incomplete, like past ceasefires that Israel violated.

This ceasefire has been touted by United States President Donald Trump as a lasting solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and Israel has said it will cease bombing Gaza 24 hours after being approved by the Israeli cabinet, which is meeting on Thursday to discuss it.

‘I think he’ll go with it’

Nasser al-Qernawi, 62, sat cradling his radio on the bed in his family’s shelter, patched together from plast

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