In a remarkable turn of events, celebrations erupt across the region as mediators confirm a ceasefire agreement has been successfully brokered between Hamas and Israel, ending over 15 grueling months of conflict.

Here are Press TV's news headlines at 09:00 GMT, January 17, 2025.

Despite the announcement of a ceasefire deal, Israel has intensified its airstrikes and artillery shelling on Gaza, killing more than 100 Palestinians.

Iran expresses its gratitude to Egypt and Qatar for helping broker a ceasefire aimed at putting an end to Israel's 15-month-long genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Israel's far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatens that he and his party colleagues would resign from the cabinet if it approved a Gaza ceasefire deal.

As Syria is going through political transition after the fall of the former regime, it faces a new crisis.

Houthi says Israel “failed miserably” in its military onslaught on Gaza, adding the US and the occupying regime were forced to accept a ceasefire agreement in Gaza after months of atrocities.