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Hello, we had a plan for today's episode of Newscast,

but then we ripped it up when the news started emerging

that there was going to be a deal between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire

and some other things in the conflict in Gaza.

And then we got confirmation from the country that had brokered the deal, Qatar,

from a press conference held by their prime minister. It gives us great pleasure in Qatar,

Egypt and the United States to announce the success of the joint mediation efforts and the fact

that the two belligerents and the Gaza Strip have reached a deal on the prisoner

and the hostage swap and announce a ceasefire in the hopes of reaching a permanent ceasefire

between the two sides as well as allowing the access.

And that was swiftly followed by a statement from the White House in Washington, D.C. by outgoing

President Joe Biden.

This, this is the ceasefire agreement I introduced last spring. Today, Hamas and Israel have

agreed to that ceasefire agreement and the whole ending the war. So how was this deal brokered?

What are the elements?

And actually, what are the options

for what could happen next?

We will untangle them all

in this late Wednesday evening episode of Newscast.

Newscast from the BBC.

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