Gaza celebrates Eid and victory as ceasefire holds

Gaza Strip (QNN)- After 11 days of Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Gazans celebrated the ceasefire, pouring into the streets and chanting in support of the Palestinian resistance.
At 2am on Friday, mosques in Gaza sounded the Eid al-Fitr prayers, as its celebrations were postponed due to the death and destruction caused during the 11 days of Israeli bombardment on the strip.
#Watch| Mosques of Gaza chant Eid Takbeer to celebrate victory. Gaza was deprived of celebrating Eid due to the deadly Israeli strikes. #GazaVictory #GazaCeaseFire pic.twitter.com/yrV4kywssw
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 20, 2021
Gazans also took the chance to go to the mosques to pray, walking in the streets, and visiting their relatives and those who lost their loved ones in the aggression.
#Watch| Hundreds of Gazans celebrate flock to the streets to celebrate the victory of the resistance. #GazaVictory #GazaCeaseFire pic.twitter.com/2VkUquHs9Q
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 20, 2021
The celebrations and victory also extended to several cities within the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, with many praising the resistance groups and the steadfastness of the Gazans.
Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Amman, Jordan, in support of #Palestine and to call on the Jordanian government to cancel the gas deal with the Israeli occupation, today. pic.twitter.com/9l9tdh5JBt
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 21, 2021
Thousands of Lebanese take part in a rally in Beirut celebrating the victory of the Palestinian resistance in the #Gaza Strip against the occupying state of Israel, today. pic.twitter.com/GiQL5oAVTa
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 21, 2021
Watch | Thousands of Palestinians take part in a rally at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied #Jerusalem celebrating the victory of the Palestinian resistance in the #Gaza Strip against the occupying state of Israel, today. pic.twitter.com/m7cV8BhXFT
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 21, 2021
Watch | Palestinians march in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, in celebration of the victory of the #Palestinian resistance and the failure of the Israeli occupation to achieve its targets in the recent aggression on Gaza, today. pic.twitter.com/2ZQwezeKha
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 21, 2021
Watch | Hundreds of Palestinians take part in a rally in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied #Jerusalem celebrating the victory of the Palestinian resistance in the #Gaza Strip against the occupying state of Israel, last night. pic.twitter.com/QHmDq3sodY
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 21, 2021
#Watch| Citizens in occupied Jerusalem celebrate the victory of the resistance in Gaza, using firecrackers and chanting for the Chief of Staff of Al Qassam Brigades. #GazaVictory #GazaCeaseFire pic.twitter.com/oIzNcKaG85
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 20, 2021
The occupation state of ‘Israel’ and Hamas movement have announced the ceasefire, brokered by mediator Egypt and started at 2am on Friday.
248 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli aggression, including 66 children and 39 women, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, and at least 1,910 others were injured.
More than 90,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes, and much of Gaza’s infrastructure and many residental buildings were completely destroyed or levelled.
Israel’s security cabinet said it had voted unanimously in favour of a “mutual and unconditional” Gaza truce.
However, Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanou told Al Jazeera the resistance groups had imposed their own conditions.
He said they included an end to forced expulsions of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and to incursions by Israeli occupation forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
“Israel has withdrawn in the face of the armed resistance, and did not obtain any of its objectives it said it would when it launched its offensive,” al-Qanou said.
“Israel is now being tested, and the resistance groups in Gaza are watching how it will react,” al-Qanou said.
“This ceasefire is but a pause, a chance to gain more strength to confront any further Israeli aggression.”