Explainer: How will the six week Gaza ceasefire work?

Israel and Hamas have finally agreed on a ceasefire deal, lasting for six weeks.

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Gaza ceasefire to begin on Sunday as Israel approves deal to free one-third of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

The Israeli government has approved a ceasefire in Gaza and a deal to release dozens of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

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Dennis Ross: Donald Trump has an opportunity to remake the Middle East, but will he take it?

Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, famously noted that war is an instrument, not an end in itself. Only in circumstances in which one is fighting a war of survival can military means be said to overshadow political considerations.

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Israeli security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal & but what will it look like?

Israel&s full cabinet was meeting yesterday evening to discuss the Gaza ceasefire deal after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas and release dozens of hostages.

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Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan to 14 years in prison in graft case

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country&s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said.

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Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, says Netanyahu's office

The Israeli cabinet will meet to give final approval to a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday.

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