Will we finally see an end to the war in Gaza?
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🗓️ 16 January 2025
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The deal is still on, but the quarreling over the details demonstrates how difficult it is to keep the agreement on track.
On Thursday morning Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a cabinet vote on the deal, accusing Hamas of "reneging" on parts of the agreement.
A Hamas official said on social media that the group is committed to the agreement announced Wednesday.
After more than 15 long months, tens of thousands dead, and close to 2 million people displaced, will we finally see an end to the war in Gaza?
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| 0:00.0 | last night was horrible. |
| 0:02.1 | That's 21-year-old Shemah Ahmed, an engineering student living in Gaza, speaking with |
| 0:07.8 | morning editions Laila Faddle Thursday morning. |
| 0:10.4 | The bombing couldn't stop throughout the night. |
| 0:12.3 | The bombing, she is describing, happened hours after the ceasefire deal between Israel and |
| 0:18.0 | Hamas was announced by negotiators in Qatar and President Joe Biden in Washington. |
| 0:23.8 | The road to this deal has not been easy. I've worked in foreign policy for decades. |
| 0:29.4 | This is one of the toughest negotiations I've ever experienced. |
| 0:32.8 | The ceasefire designed to happen in phases is supposed to begin on Sunday. But while celebrations |
| 0:39.1 | happened in both Israel and Gaza, skepticism over whether the fighting will actually stop remains, |
| 0:46.6 | particularly for those still in Gaza, like Ahmed. |
| 0:49.5 | We have developed this mechanism to protect ourselves, which is basically by stopping to develop any kind of hope. |
| 0:57.1 | That skepticism and fear was fueled on Thursday morning after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a cabinet vote on the deal and accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement. |
| 1:09.8 | A Hamas official said on social media that the group |
| 1:12.6 | is committed to the agreement announced Wednesday, neither provided any further details. Consider this, |
| 1:20.1 | after more than 15 long months, tens of thousands of people dead, and close to 2 million people |
| 1:26.6 | displaced, will we finally see an end |
| 1:29.2 | to the war in Gaza? |
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