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The Israeli cabinet is expected to vote in the next day or so to ratify the ceasefire

and hostage release agreement in Gaza announced earlier this week by mediators from the U.S., Egypt, and Qatar.

The vote was put off yesterday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

accused Hamas of trying to make last-minute changes to the deal.

NPR's Greg Mirey has more.

The ceasefire deal with Hamas and Gaza comes less than two months

after Israel reached a similar agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Both militant Islamist groups

agreed to ceasefires after they were battered by the Israeli military and their leaderships were

wiped out. Israeli airstrikes have also caused considerable damage to Iran, which backs Hamas and

Hezbollah. While Israel has proved dominant militarily, it has inflicted massive civilian casualties

in Gaza, greatly undermining the country's reputation. If the Gaza ceasefire takes hold,

the latest round of Mideast fighting may be over, but the aftershocks are likely to play out for years.

Greg Myrie, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Security fencing and barricades continue to go up in Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Monday. Among those

expected to attend are billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who Trump is tapped to help run

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