In pictures: Palestinians across West Bank and Gaza celebrate ceasefire agreement
After a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was announced in the early hours on Friday, Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza took to the streets to celebrate, using fireworks while mosques broadcast celebratory chants over loudspeakers (AFP)
A man celebrates in the streets of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank as a firework lights up over him (AFP)
A child holds the Palestinian flag as she sits on the window sill of a car as people celebrate the ceasefire agreement in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip (AFP)
People wave the Palestinian flag and cheer as they celebrate in the street in Gaza City (AFP)
Crowds of Palestinians gather in the streets, waving Palestinian flags, to celebrate in the streets of Khan Yunis. A group of people carry a replica of the Dome of the Rock (AFP)
A child screams with joy as people come outside to celebrate the beginning of the ceasefire in Gaza City (AFP)
Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 21 May, 2021 (AFP)
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