In Pictures: After 11 Days Of Fighting. Palestinians Celebrate Truce
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A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years. U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United Nations urging renewed Israeli-Palestinian dialogue.
Palestinians who had spent 11 days huddled in fear of Israeli shelling poured into Gaza's streets, embracing one another in celebration in front of bombed-out buildings on streets covered in wreckage.
Mosque loudspeakers feted "the victory of the resistance achieved over the Occupation"
Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and around the world considered this as a turning point for future negotiations with Israel.
Details of the truce are yet to be announced.