Gaza Ceasefire Deal Reached, Next Steps For TikTok, Anger Over Private Firefighters
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What is the ceasefire deal reached in Gaza?
Israel's security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Now, the long-awaited deal still isn't final, but if passed by the full cabinet, it could go into effect as early as Sunday, sending 33 hostages back home and bringing an end to 15 months of war in Gaza.
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Israel's security cabinet has now voted to approve a ceasefire deal to halt the fighting in Gaza. The decision came two days after mediators Qatad and the United States said an agreement had been reached that both Israel and Hamas representatives agreed to. The full Israeli cabinet will meet later today to consider the deal. And if it is approved, it would halt more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza.
Some ministers and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet renewed their calls to continue the war in Gaza. The stops and starts of negotiations has people like 21-year-old Shema Ahmed in Gaza afraid to hope just in case the deal falls through.
We really want it to be over. We're desperate to hear that it's finally and actually over so that we can continue moving on with our life.
With me now is NPR's Kat Lonsdorf in Tel Aviv to walk us through the latest. Hi, Kat. Hey there. Okay, so it's past the Israeli security cabinet. Does this now make it a done deal?
Not quite. So we're waiting on a vote later today by the larger Israeli government, but it is expected to pass there with a majority of the votes. It is possible that it could still be challenged in Israel's Supreme Court. It's expected to make it through that too, though. So there are a few more steps, but it does seem likely that a ceasefire could start as early as Sunday.
Okay, and what's been the holdup so far in Israel, although at this point it seems like those hurdles are over?
Yeah, it's been a tense time here since this was announced by mediators back on Wednesday night. It was announced by Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. and even Hamas back then. But Israel did not confirm it. Netanyahu's office put out a statement saying that Hamas had come back with last minute changes to the deal. That still had to be worked out. And Hamas denied that.
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