Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas begins with an exchange of hostages and prisoners

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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While it is a truism that all negotiations to end conflicts rely on cautious trust building and are highly vulnerable to spoilers, the deal to end 15 months of fighting in Gaza that followed Hamas’s surprise attack on 7 October 2023 is more obviously fraught than most.
Guardian
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As the deal that Israel and Gaza reached involving a cease-fire and hostage release agreement made international headlines, pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian student groups on university campuses reacted to the news, with pro-Israel groups focusing their messaging on the hostages set to be freed and pro-Palestinian groups proclaiming that a cessation in fighting would not signal an end to their advocacy work.
Haaretz
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Even at the end of their captivity, the three released Israeli hostages were forced by Hamas to run the gauntlet of a baying armed mob as they were transferred, terrified, into the Red Cross’s van.
Daily Mail
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The first phase of the agreement is supposed to last 42 days and see the release of more captives and prisoners.
Aljazeera

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