Explained: What an Israel-Hamas ceasefire might mean for the Middle East
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Gavin Drake2025-01-16T15:57:00
A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been announced. Gavin Drake explores whether, after 15 long months of fighting, peace could be restored to the Holy Land
Media organisations around the world are reporting on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, announced yesterday by the Qatari, US and UK governments. Does this mean that the war in Israel and Gaza is finally over?
Not quite, but this week’s news is the best to emerge from the Middle East more than a year. The ceasefire announcement is good news, but it is also tentative, and fragile. The Israeli government’s cabinet has yet to ratify it - they are meeting to discuss it as I write – and while there is much hope that they will agree to it, there are some extremists in the cabinet who oppose any deal at all with Hamas.
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