This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Paul Moss, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 16th of January, these are our main

stories. Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, raising

hopes there could soon be an end to more than a year of war. The news was met with celebrations

in Gaza and relief around the world. In other news, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State

Marco Rubio has stressed the America First Agenda at his confirmation hearing in Washington.

Also in this podcast, the corridors, the hospital wars, they are all full of people in pain.

Everyone complains that they do not really receive the kind of treatment they used to receive before.

After the withdrawal of foreign aid, many Afghan hospitals are struggling to cope.

Thank you. foreign aid, many Afghan hospitals are struggling to cope. It might sound strange to say, but there was something strikingly similar about the crowds

who gathered in Gaza and in Israel, huddled together, waving flags, faces of hope.

Both people who'd come together wanting to hear collectively that

announcement of a peace deal or at least a ceasefire. But that said, there is, of course, a profound

difference in what exactly they're hoping for. In Israel, it's all about securing the release of

the hostages held by Hamas. But what the people of Gaza want is an end to Israel's

missile, rocket and artillery attacks, which have killed more than 45,000 people, most of them

civilians. So will the deal announced in Qatar deliver all that? From Jerusalem, here's our

correspondent, Jonah Fisher. There are three phases to this deal, but only the first part has been agreed.

It's a six-week ceasefire with the phased release of 33 hostages who were seized during

Hamas' attacks 15 months ago. In return for each hostage set free, Israel will release

dozens of Palestinian prisoners. Morade will immediately flow into the Garter Strip, and Israel will release dozens of Palestinian prisoners. More aid will immediately flow into the Gaza Strip,

and Israel will pull its soldiers out of the more densely populated parts of the territory.

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