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The NGO Save the Children comments on the not yet confirmed ceasefire for the Gaza Strip of Palestine:
"Gaza: Any pause must become a definitive ceasefire to protect children from bombs and allow life-saving services for malnutrition and disease"
https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/gaza-any-pause-must-become-definitive-ceasefire-protect-children-bombs-and-allow-life-saving-services-malnutrition-and-disease-save-children

"Gazans shed tears of joy, disbelief at news of ceasefire deal"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gazans-shed-tears-joy-disbelief-news-ceasefire-deal-2025-01-15/

Some people celebrating the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip of Palestine:

"All parties announce Gaza ceasefire except Israel"
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2025/01/15/news/u/all-parties-announce-gaza-ceasefire-except-israel/

Another long article on the topic from the only free press remaining in military coup dictatorship neighbor Egypt, whose regime is the other part of Israel's war crime blockade against the civilian populace of Gaza.

Amnesty International, just now:
"Tragically overdue ceasefire will not repair lives of Palestinians shattered by Israel’s genocide in Gaza"
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/01/israel-opt-tragically-overdue-ceasefire-will-not-repair-lives-of-palestinians-shattered-by-israels-genocide-in-gaza/

'Statement by UNICEF [United Nations children's agency] Executive Director [...] on the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

"UNICEF welcomes the announcement today of a ceasefire deal between the parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip. [...]
The war has exacted a horrific toll on Gaza’s children – reportedly leaving at least 14,500 dead, thousands more injured, an estimated 17,000 unaccompanied or separated from their parents, and nearly one million displaced from their homes.
[...] And 95 per cent of Gaza’s school buildings have been damaged or destroyed. [...]"'
https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-russell-announcement-ceasefire-gaza

Human Rights Watch (HRW) now on
"Gaza Ceasefire: Action Needed to End Atrocities"
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/15/gaza-ceasefire-action-needed-end-atrocities

Now from Reporters Without Borders (RSF):
"Gaza ceasefire: RSF calls for open borders for journalists and an end to impunity for Israel’s war crimes"
https://rsf.org/en/gaza-ceasefire-rsf-calls-open-borders-journalists-and-end-impunity-israel-s-war-crimes

"At least 12 people were killed and several wounded in shelling in a residential block in northern Gaza [...] after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which does not come into effect until Sunday"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/15/israel-gaza-war-live-ceasefire-hostage-deal-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67883d978f08f12e2524176e#block-67883d978f08f12e2524176e

This pretty much always happens when the ceasefires are designed to have more than the minimum practicable delay before taking effect: the combatant forces scramble to inflict as much death, destruction and suffering as they possibly can on "the other side" before the timer runs out, which tends to mean mostly massacres against civilians and everything helpful for their recovery from the atrocities, overwhelmingly more so by whichever has the devastation potential advantage.

Latest number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip of Palestine since October 7, 2023, is at least 46707 with another at least 110265 injured, with the majority of the victims being women and children, as reported via WAFA at 14:05 local time.

These numbers are widely considered to be significant underestimates, including by peer reviewed academic study and plain observation that the healthcare system which also is responsible for registering deaths and injured was overwhelmed, targeted and largely destroyed during almost all of that time, but that is the minimum and only known number as of now.

Now from Oxfam:
"Oxfam welcomes Gaza ceasefire, urges permanent end to hostilities, accountability, an end to atrocities and lifting of blockade

With Israeli bombings halted, the urgent task of recovery and ensuring accountability begins for mourners enduring unimaginable loss.

Oxfam welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire, with the initial agreement on the release of Israeli hostages and some of the Palestinian detainees, and the temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of a relentless war. The Israeli bombing campaign has killed at least 46,000 Palestinians, has left tens of thousands more missing, over 100,000 injured and 1.9 million Palestinians in Gaza, or 90% of the population, displaced."
More: https://www.oxfam.org.nz/news-media/welcomes-gaza-ceasefire-urges-permanent-end-to-hostilities/

Please be aware: war is not over.

The pace of Israel bombing in Israel's war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip of Palestine has increased since the ceasefire agreement was reached, without taking effect until Sunday.
'Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif says “the pace of bombing has increased dramatically in recent hours”, describing it as “terrifying”' reported the Guardian ½ hour ago.

Israel bombed the tents of displaced people (internal refugees) at Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip of Palestine,
according to Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif with this video from two hours ago.

Just now: "Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said [...]"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-ceasefire-accord-followed-by-airstrikes-gaza-residents-say-2025-01-16/

As of right now it seems the Gaza ceasefire agreement may fall apart within a day of it being declared as reached, before taking effect,
as indicated by a report by jpost quoting Netanyahu's office of course blaming Hamas, but without any published response from the accused and lacking any statement of having even attempted to get one, so disqualified from being considered adequate journalistic standard (so will not link) but still worth noting.