January 20, 2025 Meet the Middle East

'We slept in peace': War-weary Gazans savour truce's first night

For the first time in more than a year, war-displaced Gazan Ammar Barbakh awoke on Monday feeling refreshed after a night spent in a tent, but free of Israeli attacks."This is the first time I sleep comfortably and I'm not afraid," Barbakh, 35, told AFP a day after a fragile truce in the Israel-Hamas war took hold."We didn't hear any shelling, and we weren't afraid," he said.Barbakh, from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, pitched a tent on the rubble of his former home.Despite the destruction, he was thrilled to have had a peaceful sleep.
Source: Al Monitor
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