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Graham, I'm sort of curious. There's been so much reporting about possible ceasefires in Gaza over the last year.

How did you know that the ceasefire that's just been announced might be real?

The best indication that it was real was that leaks were coming out from different sources.

You know, there were signs that it was the government of Israel trying to persuade people that this was going to be a good idea.

Graham Wood writes about foreign policy over at the Atlantic.

And that means he's been covering the war in Israel and Gaza since the beginning. There have been so many false dons.

There have been so many times when frustration has convulsed the country

about the fate of Israel's future and of the more imminent questions of when its

citizens are going to be able to come home, that what I've detected for a long time is

the same tone of weariness of cynicism and skepticism about anything that might happen.

But that will, I'm sure, subside and

give way to joy, as people should feel, if they start seeing citizens show up free,

you know, having not seen daylight probably for the better part of 15 months.

Yesterday, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal.

If and when it goes into effect, the first hostages in more than a year will be released.

Because at long last, I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached.

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