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Today marks the beginning of the first phase of President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza. This follows the Israeli government's approval of a ceasefire deal with Hamas, allowing for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza and around 2,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
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🎧 The Israeli military announced they would pull back from deep inside Gaza to an agreed upon line , starting the ceasefire, NPR's Aya Batrawy tells Up First. Immediately after, crowds of people in Gaza headed back to their homes. But many of them will find their residences are now gone. There is some skepticism over the deal because the two previous U.S.-backed deals have fallen apart.
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