A new Israel-Hamas cease-fire talk starts this week. Is anything different?
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🗓️ 14 August 2024
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But this war is much more than all of that. It is the daily life of the people living in the midst of the war that has now been raging for 10 months.
The war has also come to encompass a sense of insecurity that permeates, as the humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza through famine, unclean water and dwindling resources. Pair that with the prospect of a wider regional conflict with Iran that looms nearby.
On Thursday, U.S. and Arab mediators will launch new talks to attempt a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. But hopes for tensions to be diffused are not high.
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| 0:00.0 | For months, hopes of a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have been raised, and then dashed, and then raised again. |
| 0:09.0 | In February... |
| 0:10.0 | We're close. We're close. It's not done yet. |
| 0:12.0 | And my hope is by next Monday we'll have a ceasefire. |
| 0:16.5 | Then in May? This is truly a decisive moment. |
| 0:21.4 | Here's those made their proposal. |
| 0:23.7 | Hamas says it wants to cease fire. |
| 0:26.6 | This deal is an opportunity to prove whether they really mean it. |
| 0:31.0 | And then now, this moment, U.S. and Arab mediators say reaching a deal is urgent. |
| 0:37.0 | Iran's threat to attack Israel looms and so does the possibility of a wider regional war. |
| 0:43.3 | Leaders are scheduled to meet on Thursday |
| 0:45.5 | to try and push forward a ceasefire agreement, |
| 0:48.1 | one that would end 10 months of war |
| 0:50.7 | and perhaps prevent an even bigger one. |
| 0:53.6 | President Biden told reporters earlier this week that he is determined to finish the deal. |
| 0:58.6 | It's getting hard, we'll see what you're doing, we'll see what Iran does and we'll see what |
| 1:02.4 | happens if we've been attacked. |
| 1:04.0 | But I'm not giving up. |
| 1:07.0 | Consider this. It's been more than 10 months of war between Israel and Hamas. |
| 1:12.0 | Could a ceasefire finally happen? months of war between Israel and Hamas. |
| 1:12.9 | Could a ceasefire finally happen? |
| 1:16.1 | From NPR, I'm Elsie Chang. |
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