Gaza - Ceasefire - 19 January 2025

Description
STORY: OCHA / GAZA CEASEFIRE AFTERMATH
TRT: 04:01
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 19 JANUARY 2025, AL QIRIM JUNCTION, NORTHERN GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE

Shotlist
1. Various shots, people out on the streets among rubble and destruction
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) North Gaza Resident:
“Thanks to God that the war ended It is true that we lost a lot and suffered a lot but thanks to Gods today is indescribable joy.”
3. Travelling shot, people out on the streets among rubble and destruction 
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) North Gaza Resident:
“Thank God, after one year and four months, the war ended. At the start of the war, we prayed for the end of the way and not to die or lose someone. Many people lost their family members. Thanks to God that we stayed alive. I hope we will definitely rebuild it, because we are the mighty people, as they always call us. We will rebuild it, and the stone will be rebuilt as long as our dreams don’t stop. Our dreams will not stop.”
5. Travelling shot, people out on the streets among rubble and destruction 
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gloria Lazic, OCHA Gaza:
“Today is a critical moment in the history of Gaza. Today is the first day of the ceasefire. After 15 months of war and devastation. While we can see happiness in someone's face, we can also see that many of them are disappointed because it's the first time they are managed to go to see their house[s]. With all the destruction, and many of them have lost their loved ones during this war.”
7. Travelling shot, people out on the streets among rubble and destruction 
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gloria Lazic, OCHA Gaza:
“It is also a critical moment for us as humanitarian actors because for the first time since 15 months, we have been told that the supplies will be able to get in and that all the access restrictions that, we were facing for the last 15 months will be lifted.”
9. Various shots, man shovelling debris from badly damaged building 
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Gloria Lazic, OCHA Gaza:
“There are big challenges ahead of us, roads will need to be cleared, shelters need to be set up and supplies need to flow in. We hope that this will all be possible in the coming weeks, as well as the returns of hundreds of thousands of people from the south to the north.”
11. Pan right, destroyed neighbourhood
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Gloria Lazic, OCHA Gaza:
“We also hope that the ceasefire is also the first step towards a durable peace. And for Palestinians here. We need more than hope. We need a collective action to make this ceasefire last, and to get all the help that we need to help fellow Palestinians rebuild their life and the future.”
13.  Travelling shot, piles of garbage on the street

Storyline
On the first day of the Gaza’s ceasefire implementation, OCHA Gaza’s Gloria Lazic said in the coming weeks “roads will need to be cleared, shelters need to be set up and supplies need to flow in.”

As residents started returning to the remains of their homes, many expressed relief and determination to rebuild.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) North Gaza Resident:
“Thanks to God that the war ended It is true that we lost a lot and suffered a lot but thanks to Gods today is indescribable joy.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) North Gaza Resident:
“Thank God, after one year and four months, the war ended. At the start of the war, we prayed for the end of the way and not to die or lose someone. Many people lost their family members. Thanks to God that we stayed alive. I hope we will definitely rebuild it, because we are the mighty people, as they always call us. We will rebuild it, and the stone will be rebuilt as long as our dreams don’t stop. Our dreams will not stop.”

Lazic said this was “is a critical moment in the history of Gaza,” and highlighted the challenges ahead.

SOUNDBITE (English) Gloria Lazic, OCHA Gaza:
“Today is a critical moment in the history of Gaza. Today is the first day of the ceasefire. After 15 months of war and devastation. While we can see happiness in someone's face, we can also see that many of them are disappointed because it's the first time they are managed to go to see their house[s]. With all the destruction, and many of them have lost their loved ones during this war.”

“It is also a critical moment for us as humanitarian actors because for the first time since 15 months, we have been told that the supplies will be able to get in and that all the access restrictions that, we were facing for the last 15 months will be lifted.”

“There are big challenges ahead of us, roads will need to be cleared, shelters need to be set up and supplies needs to flow in. We hope that this will all be possible in the coming weeks, as well as the returns of hundreds of thousands of people from the south to the north.”

“We also hope that the ceasefire is also the first step towards a durable peace. And for Palestinians here. We need more than hope. We need a collective action to make this ceasefire last, and to get all the help that we need to help fellow Palestinians rebuild their life and the future.”

Over 46,645 people were reportedly killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, while 110,012 have reportedly been injured.

More than 160,000 housing units have been destroyed in Gaza, while OCHA estimates 1.9 million
People have been displaced.