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Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
NBC NEWS ^

Posted on 01/15/2025 9:26:29 AM PST by USA-FRANCE

A ceasefire deal has been reached to end 15 months of fighting in Gaza, Hamas and Israeli officials and a source briefed on the negotiations told NBC News on Wednesday. The hard-won agreement will also free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, bringing the first real break in violence since a weeklong truce expired Dec. 1, 2023.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Gaza; Government; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; hostages; israel
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The Trump effect is working.
1 posted on 01/15/2025 9:26:29 AM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

Biden will probably try to take credit for it. Lol


2 posted on 01/15/2025 9:28:47 AM PST by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

Not sure if it’s a good deal yet.


3 posted on 01/15/2025 9:29:54 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

Biden will probably try to take credit for it.


He’ll probably be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.


4 posted on 01/15/2025 9:31:19 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: rktman

There has really not been any major fighting in a while. Honestly, Bibi fought a half a—d war.


5 posted on 01/15/2025 9:32:54 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING 0 AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/world-news/trump-threats-terrified-hamas-into-hostage-negotiations-jd-vance/


6 posted on 01/15/2025 9:36:07 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: rktman

True, but Trump never expects a compromise to make both sides happy.
If hostages come back alive it can be argued that this supersedes the value of eliminating every last Hams—but Gaza has paid a price, and IDF does not leave them or their Egypt border, so it may work out.


7 posted on 01/15/2025 9:36:19 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: USA-FRANCE

“Dozens of hostages?” Sucks of you aren’t in that “dozens.”


8 posted on 01/15/2025 9:43:39 AM PST by Yogafist
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To: cowboyusa

????there has been a lot of bombing of Gaza the last 2 weeks.


9 posted on 01/15/2025 9:43:55 AM PST by avital2
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To: hanamizu

He’ll probably be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.“

Bank it.


10 posted on 01/15/2025 9:44:07 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: USA-FRANCE

my hope is that the partial release will reveal where the rest are via satellite surveillance

then “hell to pay”


11 posted on 01/15/2025 9:44:29 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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Any "cease fire" benefits Hamas. And Hamas only. They were getting their asses kicked royally by the Israelis. Someone got to Netanyahu.
12 posted on 01/15/2025 9:44:29 AM PST by 4Runner (Watch. Wallet. Gun. Right foot! Left foot! Sweet Liberty Valens!Thank God for Guns! --Denny Crane)
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To: USA-FRANCE

my hope is that the partial release will reveal where the rest are via satellite surveillance

then “hell to pay”


13 posted on 01/15/2025 9:44:46 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: cowboyusa

Maybe not covered by MSM, but Gaza has been continually pounded in the last few weeks. Fifteen IDF killed in Gaza during the last 13 days.

https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2025/15-january-14-israeli-army-carries-out-massive-and-successive

Frequent Gaza live cams and mods who follow the fighting:

https://www.youtube.com/live/7RrVEXkLFrE?si=wU9_hiImBRsKKqkz


14 posted on 01/15/2025 9:45:08 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Are any Israeli hostages still alive?


15 posted on 01/15/2025 9:47:59 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: USA-FRANCE

âś… 30 Palestinian prisoners will be FREED for every 1 Israeli hostage
âś… 50 Palestinian prisoners will be FREED for every 1 female Israeli soldier
âś… Israel will eventually FULLY WITHDRAW from Gaza

All Trump had to do was bring Bibi to heel. None of Bibi’s goals were met. Complete failure of a misguided policy meant to keep Netanyahu in power and out of jail. Trump is in the process of saving Israel from Netanyahu.

Most of the Bibi stooges around here will side with Bibi over Trump and peace.


16 posted on 01/15/2025 9:48:13 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: Yogafist
Most of the remaining "hostages" are dead.
17 posted on 01/15/2025 9:49:24 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost Wisc, Mich, and Penn, by 230,000 votes.)
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To: hardspunned

the only thing that went wrong was that Bibi didn’t fight the war all out. It should have been over in October,2023.


18 posted on 01/15/2025 9:50:01 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING 0F AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: rktman

Here’s an alleged draft of the deal, though it’s gotta be significantly more than 2 pages. If this is an accurate summary of the agreement, Israel gets nothing more than the hostages and bodies.

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1879370061569274113


19 posted on 01/15/2025 9:50:39 AM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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Hamas gets EVERYTHING they wanted..50 prisoners for each hostage released, so basically in a few years Hamas will be back to square one fully in tact and they will do Oct 7th again and again and again..This is the same deal as months ago, four IDF soldiers were killed a few days ago in Northern Gaza, their deaths could have been prevented had this same deal occurred before


20 posted on 01/15/2025 9:53:18 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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