Doha /PNN/

Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani Wednesday announced that a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip was reached.

Qatari Prime Minister Al Thani made this announcement during a press conference in Doha.

He added that the ceasefire agreement, which would potentially bring an end to Israel's devastating genocidal aggression in the enclave, consists of three phases and that it would come into effect on Sunday.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 46,707 Palestinians and injuring 110,265 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.