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US 'confident' Gaza truce will go ahead as Israel launches new strikes

People raise placards during a pro-ceasefire agreement rally in Jerusalem on January 16, 2025. [AFP]

The United States said Thursday it was "confident" that a fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal would take effect on time, even as Israel carried out new air strikes ahead of a cabinet vote on the accord.

The truce, announced by mediators Qatar and the United States on Wednesday, would begin on Sunday and involve the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, after which the terms of a permanent end to the war would be finalised.

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