Why Trump Wanted a Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Before He Took Office

The agreement removed one of the most vexing international conflicts that hovered over the start of his second term.

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Negotiators Reach Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal for Gaza

The agreement, which must still be approved by the Israeli cabinet, incited joy in the Gaza Strip and Israel, even as some feared that it could fall apart.
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How the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal United Teams Biden and Trump

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What Does the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Between Israel and Hamas Say?

In the first phase, 33 hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners would be freed, and hundreds of trucks with humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza daily, a copy of the agreement says.
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Thursday Briefing: A Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

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Gaza Hostage Deal Could Come as Trump Takes Office, in Echoes of 1981

Dozens of American hostages held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for more than a year were freed just as Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.
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Israel, Hamas on Verge of Deal for Gaza Cease-Fire

Progress in cease-fire talks has raised hopes a deal could be reached to release some of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip and pause fighting that has dragged on for 15 months.
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Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Brings Joy, but Is Shadowed With Uncertainty

An agreement offers Gazans at least some respite, and for Israelis it means the release of hostages. But the deal’s ambiguity leaves open the possibility that fighting could resume within weeks.
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Gaza Cease-Fire Before Trump’s Inauguration Looks Unlikely

Despite a recent Biden administration push, talks between Israel and Hamas to end the war appear not to have made significant progress, according to officials familiar with the discussions, as ...
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Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Likely to Elude Biden

Talks between Hamas and Israel have hit an impasse in recent days, Arab mediators said.
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