The anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, began in Gaza at 11:15 local time (09:15 GMT), nearly three hours after initially scheduled. Ahram Online provides a live coverage of the events which could signal the start of the end of 470 days of a genocidal Israeli war that killed and wounded nearly 10 percent of the 2.

Large plumes of smoke were seen over northern and central Gaza after the expected start of the ceasefire was delayed for nearly three hours. The ceasefire was delayed after Israel said Hamas had failed to produce the names of the first three hostages expected to be released.

Gaza Strip residents told of devastation as they began returning to their homes on Sunday. "My house was razed to the ground - the house that I built myself over many years," Yasser Abu Younis told dpa.