A ceasefire will come into effect as Israel has agreed to pause the fighting until things become clearer in the big push for peace envisaged by US President Donald Trump, a peace that could conceivably come to rule over the whole region

xThe release of 20 of the last surviving hostages from those captured by Hamas on October 7, 2023, may come as early as Saturday. This will represent the first real silver lining amid the Stygian darkness that had enveloped the Gaza Strip for two years and two days. A ceasefire will come into effect as Israel has agreed to pause the fighting until things become clearer in the big push for peace envisaged by US President Donald Trump, a peace that could conceivably come to rule over the whole region.

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