A long-awaited ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Sunday after months of difficult negotiations. Under the deal, a three-phase ceasefire begins with an initial six-week phase when prisoners held by Hamas and held in Israel will be exchanged. In this phase, 33 of the remaining 98 Israeli hostages, including women, children, men over the age of 50, and sick and injured hostages, are to be released. In return, Israel would release about 2,000 Palestinians from its prisons.
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