Amer al-Sultan has been covering the war in Gaza as a reporter, but this week he became the story when nine members of his family were killed in an IDF strike two days before the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was due to begin.

Israel's army said it had conducted 50 strikes on Friday against "terror targets" across the strip as the ceasefire will take effect at 6.30am GMT tomorrow

After news of a ceasefire agreement sparked mass rejoicing in Gaza, residents woke up to columns of smoke, rubble and more deaths following new Israeli air strikes.

In two days since a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was announced Wednesday, fighting in Gaza and a series of deadly airstrikes have killed 115 people.

Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, in the latest violence to ravage the already devastated Palestinian territory.Five people were killed and several wounded in an air strike on the house of the Barghout family in the Zeitun neighbourhood of Gaza City,

The agreement is set to halt a 15-month-old war between Israel and Hamas that has decimated the Strip, killed nearly 47,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis, and destabilised the Middle East.

The United States said Thursday it was "confident" that a fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal would take effect on time, even as Israel carried out new air strikes ahead of a cabinet vote on the accord.

Truce between Israel and Hamas brokered by Qatar and US faces obstacles, including disagreement within Israeli government.

The United States said Thursday it was "confident" that a fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal would take effect on time, even as Israel carried out new air strikes ahead of a cabinet vote on the accord.

Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter on Saturday killed eight people, including two children, while the

World leaders have welcomed the newly announced ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, emphasising an urgent need for humanitarian aid and a sustainable political solution for the region, as Israel steps-up air strikes on Gaza ahead of the truce's implementation on Sunday.