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Many expressed relief at the prospect of an end to the two-year war but pointed out that ceasefires have been broken before.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining 48 hostages, around 20 of them believed to be alive, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.