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.