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Israel-Hamas ceasefire now 'more likely,' US security official says

Palestinians sit amid rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, Dec. 1, 2024. [VOA]

The chance for an end to more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the release of about 100 hostages held by the militants is now "more likely" because of last week's ceasefire reached by Israel with Hezbollah in Lebanon, a top U.S. national security official said Sunday.

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