The Israeli government and the Palestinian militant group Hamas reached a cease-fire agreement in Gaza on Wednesday and also agreed to release prisoners. teleSUR
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00:00And the world braces for an official Qatari statement as experts say that
00:06Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a truce in the Gaza Strip.
00:10Following intensified contacts in recent hours mediated by Qatar, the agreement
00:16which includes a three-phase plan to end the conflict that began 15 months ago
00:22has apparently been confirmed. The truce would give a three-phase plan with an
00:27exchange of hostages, four Palestinian prisoners and the gradual withdrawal of
00:32the Israeli troops on the ground. The vote in Netanyahu's executive to
00:37validate this agreement is scheduled to take place on Thursday. In the first
00:41phase of the agreement, which would last six weeks, Hamas would release 33
00:46detainees and in exchange Israel would release 30 Palestinian prisoners for
00:52each civilian detainee and 50 for each female soldier.