(15 Jan 2025)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 15 January 2025
1. Women lighting candles
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press:
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"People here in Tel Aviv say that this is what they have been pushing for for the last 15 months. Behind me, this clock has counted the days that people have been held captive in Gaza, more than 460 days. But a lot of people say that this isn’t exactly the deal that they wanted, that they wanted all of the hostages to come out at the same time. They didn’t want this phased approach. Yet some of the families of the hostages I’ve spoken to have said that at least it’s a beginning. It’s a start. And they’re hoping that this is going to continue the momentum, that the deal is going to hold. But still, they are sceptical, saying they’re not going to believe that it’s happening until they see their loved ones come out of Gaza and they’re able to hold them. People say that they want nothing and nobody to sabotage this deal and that they are hoping this is finally an end to the war."
3. Close on candles
4. Women singing song
STORYLINE:
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, multiple officials announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.
The deal promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and it will allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes.
It also would flood badly needed humanitarian aid into a territory ravaged by 15 months of war.
But in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, the response was mixed.
Some people told the Associated Press they wouldn’t believe the deal was successful until they see their relatives released from Gaza, while others were disappointed with the phased structure.
Still, others were optimistic that the accord signaled a first step to ending the war.
The prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said the ceasefire would go into effect on Sunday.
Three officials from the U.S. and one from Hamas had earlier confirmed that a deal was reached, while the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said final details were being ironed out.
All three U.S. officials and the Hamas official requested anonymity to discuss the contours of the deal before the official announcement by mediators in Doha.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that it hoped “details will be finalized tonight.”
An Israeli official familiar with the talks said those details center on confirming the list of Palestinian prisoners who are to be freed. Any agreement must be approved by Netanyahu’s Cabinet.
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