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Gaza ceasefire to begin Sunday morning, after Israeli approval

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (5-R), heads a security cabinet meeting to vote on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal on January 17, 2025. If approved, the agreement would halt fighting and bombardment in Gaza's deadliest-ever war and initiate on Sunday the release of dozens of hostages held in the territory since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. [AFP]

A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel's cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal.

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