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The Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to start tomorrow.

And here's Hidal-Al-Shalti has more.

Day one, tomorrow, the releases begin.

Hamas is supposed to free three female hostages, and then the Israelis are supposed to release

30 Palestinian prisoners for each of them.

And then there should be weekly releases, and the beginning of a troop withdrawal, a surge

of aid into Gaza, and some displaced Palestinians should be able to go back

home in the north. But negotiators still need to talk about what the upcoming phases are

supposed to look like and hopefully bring an end to the war.

And Piers Hidal-Al-Sholci reporting. But Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,

said in a national address today that the

country is treating it as a temporary ceasefire, and he says he retains the right to continue fighting if

necessary. Forecasters say the coldest air of the season will hit much of the U.S. this weekend,

with snow in the mid-Atlantic area tomorrow ahead of freezing temperatures and

wind chills on Monday. Mark Shannard is with the National Weather Service. A lot of the country

from like the Rockies on Eastford are going to get into the well below normal temperatures

starting Sunday and then kind of lasting into the coming week. And the weather prompted President

elect Trump to move his swearing in ceremony indoors. And the weather prompted President-elect Trump to move his swearing-in ceremony

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