ICYMI: Israel And Hamas Have Agreed To A Ceasefire Deal
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🗓️ 16 January 2025
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Summary
The war in Gaza began after Hamas' attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. In response, Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza.
Gaza's health ministry says more than 46,500 people have been killed during the war. A new, peer-reviewed study in The Lancet suggests that the death toll could be 40 percent higher than that tally. Israel says 94 of the hostages remain in Gaza, of whom 34 are presumed dead.
We talk about what this deal means for both sides and for the future of the Middle East.
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| 0:00.0 | After more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas, a ceasefire deal has been announced in Gaza. |
| 0:06.8 | State of the world brings you the latest news as the deal is tested and hostages are released. |
| 0:12.1 | Our reporters in the Middle East will provide details, context, and reaction from the region and around the world. |
| 0:18.3 | Listen to the State of the World podcast from NPR. |
| 0:29.7 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Jen White. And this is in case you missed it, |
| 0:34.9 | where we bring you some of the week's most important conversations you might have missed. Negotiators have reached a ceasefire deal with a path |
| 0:41.8 | to ending Israel's war on Hamas and Gaza. The deal is set to begin on Sunday, January 19th. |
| 0:47.6 | It gives us great pleasure in Qatar, Egypt, and the United States to announce the success |
| 0:52.9 | of the joint mediation efforts and the fact that the two belligerents and the United States to announce the success of the joint mediation efforts and the fact that |
| 0:57.0 | the two belligerents in the Gaza Strip have reached a deal on the prisoner and the hostage |
| 1:02.0 | swap and announce a ceasefire in the hopes of reaching a permanent ceasefire between the two sides, |
| 1:08.0 | as well as allowing the access of large quantities of relief |
| 1:12.3 | aid to the Palestinian brothers and the Gaza Strip. Hamas attacks southern Israel on October 7, |
| 1:17.9 | 23. |
| 1:19.4 | 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. |
| 1:23.1 | Israel says 94 of the hostages remain in Gaza, of whom 34 are presumed dead. |
| 1:27.2 | In response to the attack, Israel launched a military remain in Gaza, of whom 34 are presumed dead. In response to the attack, |
| 1:29.1 | Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza. More than 46,500 people have been killed during the war. |
| 1:35.7 | That's according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, they do not distinguish between militants |
| 1:39.6 | and civilians. But a new analysis in the medical journal, The Lancet, suggests that the true death |
| 1:45.0 | toll could be over 64,000. Greg Carlstrom joins us after the break to discuss what we know about |
| 1:50.5 | the ceasefire deal. He's the Middle East correspondent for the economist and joins us from Dubai. |
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