NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli government approved a ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the 15 months of war in Gaza. It's slated to go into effect Sunday morning.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

SIMON: What else can you tell us about the agreement? AL-SHALCHI: Well, we're starting to get a little bit more information about the timing of the ceasefire and what this multiphase deal will ...

Hamas releases four female Israeli soldiers held captive for more than 15 months. As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel is releasing some 200 Palestinians.

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For the first time in 471 days, Palestinian medics in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip didn't report a single death from Israeli military action on Monday, as a tense ceasefire between Hamas and Israel ...

JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Even before it was signed, the Gaza ceasefire forced Israeli Prime ... Steve Holl, Erin Banco, Simon Lewis, Nafisa Eltahir and Andrew Mills; Editing by James ...

Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff believes the long-awaited Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal is one step closer to normalization in the Middle East, and the administration has the opportunity to ...