Gaza residents cry over ceasefire agreement: ‘Tears of joy’

“But I’m also worried about the post-war shock, about what we’ll see on the streets, about our destroyed homes, about my father, whose body is still under the rubble.”

His mother, Bushra, said that while the ceasefire will not bring her husband back, “it could at least save other lives.”

“I’m going to cry, like never before. This brutal war didn’t give us time to cry,” the mother, tearing up, told Reuters via a chat app.

Iman Al-Qouqa, who lives with her family in a nearby tent, was still in disbelief.

“This is a day of happiness and sadness, of shock and joy, but it is certainly a day when we must all cry and cry hard because of what we have lost. We have not only lost friends, relatives and homes, we have lost our city, Israel, us sent him back in time because of his brutal war,” he told Reuters.

“It’s time for the world to turn to Gaza, focus on Gaza and rebuild it,” Qouqa said.