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Israel has broadly accepted a deal for a six-week Gaza ceasefire and it is now up to Hamas to agree to release the most vulnerable hostages for the deal to take effect, a senior US official said Saturday...
The Israelis have more or less accepted it," the Biden administration official told reporters on a call, speaking on condition of anonymity...
"It will be a six-week ceasefire in Gaza starting today if Hamas agrees to release the defined category of vulnerable hostages... the sick, the wounded, elderly and women," the official added...
US officials hope such a deal would create space for a "more enduring" peace settlement between Israel and Hamas, at war since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel...
The United States announced earlier Saturday that it had carried out its first airdrop of aid into Gaza, following a deadly incident at an aid station on Thursday in which more than 100 Palestinians died...
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