Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

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<p>Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that negotiators had reached a deal on Wednesday (January 15) for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas.</p><p>At a news conference in Doha, Al Thani said the ceasefire would take effect on Sunday (January 19) and negotiators are working with Israel and Hamas on steps for implementing the deal.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/15/israel-hamas-agree-deal-for-gaza-truce-hostage-release-0203">Mediators announce Gaza truce, but Israel says some points &#x27;unresolved&#x27;</a></div><p>Al Thani said the deal outlines a six-week initial ceasefire phase and includes the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian detainees held by Israel.</p><p>The ceasefire deal comes after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed tensions across the Middle East.</p><p>The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with the backing of the United States, and came just ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/14/what-we-know-of-initial-gaza-truce-deal-0125">What we know of initial Gaza truce deal</a></div><p>Israeli troops invaded Gaza after Hamas-led gunmen broke through security barriers and burst into Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 soldiers and civilians and abducting more than 250 foreign and Israeli hostages.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFMM3qQECTY?&amp;t=2s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Israel&#x27;s campaign in Gaza has killed more than 46,000 people, according to Gaza health ministry figures, and left the coastal enclave a wasteland of rubble with hundreds of thousands surviving the winter cold in tents and makeshift shelters.</p><p>(Production: Imad Creidi, Reim Nahaboo)</p>

<p>Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that negotiators had reached a deal on Wednesday (January 15) for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas.</p>

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that negotiators had reached a deal on Wednesday (January 15) for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas.

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Gaza ceasefire deal to take effect Jan. 19

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Published Jan 16, 2025 07:27 AM PHT

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