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00:00 On the campaign trail, ice cream in hand, Joe Biden tentatively announced a ceasefire
00:05 in Gaza on Monday.
00:06 "Well, I hope by the beginning of the weekend, I mean the end of the weekend.
00:12 At least my national security advisor tells me that we're close, we're close, we're not
00:17 done yet.
00:18 And my hope is by next Monday we'll have a ceasefire."
00:22 And appearing that evening on a late night show, hope turned to certainty.
00:27 The 81-year-old added that the Israelis had given their agreement not to engage in activities
00:31 during Ramadan in order to get the hostages out.
00:35 According to Israeli media, the ceasefire would last six weeks, entail the exchange
00:40 of 40 Israeli hostages for several hundred Palestinian prisoners and allow for some of
00:44 the exiled Gazan population to return to the north of the Strip.
00:48 After which, a ground operation in Rafa is very much still in Israel's sights, with a
00:52 plan to evacuate civilians from the area previously designated as safe.
00:57 "It's important to understand, moving civilians out of an area that is going to be a combat
01:02 zone is not a bad thing, it's a good thing.
01:05 And that's what Israel is going to do."
01:08 This plan was presented to the Israeli war cabinet on Monday but few details have been
01:12 made public.
01:14 Another sign that a ceasefire may be imminent, both Hamas and Israeli representatives are
01:18 in Doha this week for so-called proximity talks through mediators.
01:22 Said the Emir of Qatar, a key broker in the talks beginning a two-day visit to Paris on
01:27 Tuesday.
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