Gaza ceasefire deal reached with Israel, Hamas and US officials claim

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Officials from key mediators in a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel say that a landmark agreement has been reached to pause the 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Israel has said the deal is in its final stages.

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00:00Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the ceasefire deal on Wednesday that is agreed between Israel

00:07and Hamas.

00:10Residents in both Deir al-Bala and Han Yunus have strong hopes for some time for a deal

00:14to be finalized.

00:17Posing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding

00:21down the fight between the bitter enemies, the deal came after weeks of painstaking negotiations

00:26in Qatar.

00:29Hamas promised to release dozens of hostages in phases and in return Israel will release

00:33hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

00:37The deal will also allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what

00:41remains of their homes.

00:44Also badly needed humanitarian aid will be able to flood into the devastated territory.

00:51A senior Israeli official said details are still being ironed out but mediators in Doha

00:55confirmed the deal.

00:58The agreement still needs to be approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's

01:02cabinet but is expected to go into effect in the coming days.

01:07And this is to be accompanied by the opening of negotiations on ending the war altogether.

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