Gaza ceasefire deal hoped to be in final stages as mediators meet in Qatar

Mediators are meeting in Doha on Tuesday amid high hopes that Gaza ceasefire negotiations are in their final stages after claims of a breakthrough in overnight talks. Israeli media and reports from the Qatari capital said the agreement would involve an initial release of 33 Israeli hostages, including children, women, elderly people and the sick, and up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, alongside a partial Israeli troop withdrawal in a first phase lasting 60 days. After 16 days, talks would begin on a second phase of the agreement which would involve the release of other survivors among the 61 remaining hostages

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