The Times of Israel reports: “Palestinians broke into wild celebrations on Thursday after news of an agreement between Israel and Hamas on the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan that is ultimately intended to lead to an end to the two-year war in Gaza.

In the Strip, where most of the more than 2 million people have been displaced by the war, young men applauded in the devastated streets, even as Israeli strikes continued in some parts of the enclave.

People in the enclave wept and chanted, ‘Allahu Akbar’ (‘God is Greatest’), voicing hopes that the deal would end the war and let them return to their homes.

Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq said in a statement that ‘the ceasefire is the fruit of the tremendous sacrifices and the legendary patience of our people, as well as the strength and steadfastness of the resistance.’

The Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, second only to Hamas in Gaza, appeared to welcome the deal, going so far as to acknowledge the US and Arab mediation involved…”