US president Donald Trump gestures as he reads a note handed to him by secretary of state Marco Rubio on progress relating to the Middle East peace talks on Wednesday. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to the first phase of US president Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a ceasefire and hostage deal that could be a first step toward ending a bloody two-year-old war that has roiled the Middle East.
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What do we know about the deal?
The agreement on the initial stage of Trump’s 20-point framework resulted from indirect talks in Egypt, just a day after the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel that triggered Israel’s devastating
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