Related Tags Israel/Palestine What's happening? On 15 January, news broke of a pending ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, seeding hopes of an end to fifteen months of devastating conflict in the Gaza Strip and the ordeal of the remaining Israeli hostages taken by Hamas and other Palestinian groups on 7 October 2023. The Qatari prime minister – along with both the (then) outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents – announced that a deal had been struck in Doha. The ceasefire began on 19