{"id":26556,"date":"2025-01-14T06:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T06:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=26556"},"modified":"2025-01-14T06:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T06:19:04","slug":"gaza-ceasefire-deal-close-after-breakthrough-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2025\/01\/gaza-ceasefire-deal-close-after-breakthrough-in-doha\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza ceasefire deal close after &#8216;breakthrough&#8217; in Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza after U.S. President Joe Biden said a ceasefire and hostage release deal he has championed was on &#8220;the brink&#8221; of coming to fruition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of an agreement on Monday, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight &#8220;breakthrough&#8221; in talks attended by envoys of both the outgoing U.S. president and President-elect Donald Trump, reported Reuters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__t-spacing-single-three-quarters__2_moJ spacing-container__b-spacing-single-three-quarters__1fuBK spacing-container__max-width__zScFd\" data-testid=\"ResponsiveAdSlot\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__inner__2u45U\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"reuters_desktop_native_1\" class=\"ad-slot__slot__2lKAK\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">&#8220;The deal &#8230; would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to Israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians who suffered terribly in this war that Hamas started,&#8221; Biden said in a speech on Monday to highlight his foreign policy achievements.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">If successful, the ceasefire deal would cap over a year of start-and-stop talks and lead to the biggest release of Israeli hostages since the early days of the conflict, when Hamas freed about half of its prisoners in exchange for 240 Palestinian detainees held by Israel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__t-spacing-single-three-quarters__2_moJ spacing-container__b-spacing-single-three-quarters__1fuBK spacing-container__max-width__zScFd\" data-testid=\"ResponsiveAdSlot\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-11\">Israel launched its assault in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed across its borders in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-12\">\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-12\">Since then, more than 46,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials, with much of the enclave laid to waste and most of its population displaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__promo-box__3bCm_\" data-testid=\"promo-box\"><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza after U.S. President Joe Biden said a ceasefire and hostage release deal he has championed was on &#8220;the brink&#8221; 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