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Good morning. I'm Nathan Hager. And I'm Amy Morris. Here are the stories we're following today.

We're going to begin with the deal in the Middle East. Israel and Hamas have come to an agreement

that will see dozens of hostages

freed from Gaza in return for a four-day pause in the fighting and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Bloomberg Simon Marks begins our team coverage in Tel Aviv.

In the fine print of the deal, there is an opportunity for additional days of so-called pause.

Israel has said that for every 10 additional hostages,

they would be willing to add an additional day of pause in the war.

But at the same time, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister,

has been very clear to say this does not mean the end of the conflict,

and that their original goals to eradicate Hamas and de-radicalize Gaza, etc., is still very much the state today.

Bloomberg Simon Mark says the pause is expected to begin tomorrow morning.

This temporary ceasefire was pushed for by the U.S. and its allies. We get more

from Bloomberg political contributor, Jeannie Shianzano. It is a big, big move forward for many people

because it's really the first diplomatic breakthrough we've seen since the war began after the

October 7th attack. But it comes with so much trepidation and so many questions.

This is not a ceasefire.

It's a pause.

It comes also as a result of enormous pressure,

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