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Gaza ceasefire to begin Sunday morning

A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel’s cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal. Qatar and the United States, which mediated the deal along

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