In the early hours of Thursday morning, both Palestinians and Israelis were celebrating the news that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas had been reached. Though there are still many uncertainties ahead – and many points of disagreement to resolve – an end to Israel’s two-year war in Gaza has never seemed nearer.As Ansam Tantesh, an English graduate and would-be teacher, explains from inside Gaza, it has been a brutal period for those living in the strip. The pain, she tells Annie Kelly, ‘will never leave my heart’.Even with a cessation to the airstrikes, there will still be much suffering in Gaza. Mai Elawawda, a communications officer for Medical Aid for Palestinians, details the need for food, water and tents. She talks, too, of the immense hope she holds that the fighting has finally come to an end Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images