it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor — a strip of landsaid shehata from bbc arabic. many appear to be talking about it as a certainty. does it feel that way to you? nothing is certain in politics but there are promising signs of that. the details and provisions of the deal, it seems, are pleasing both sides. in addition, there is more pressure on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, especially from the military, to reshape the strategy in gaza, especially hamas is increasing its power. in addition to that, pressure from the hostage families. in addition to that, pressure from the american presidentjoe biden and the president—elect donald trump. so all of that puts pressure on israel. people in gaza are exhausted and they want the end of the war. and hamas is also exhausted as a movement. there is pressure from both sides. so that coming together. however, there is still some restriction, reservations, some opposition from the israeli government, especially from the minister of finance, calling for not accepting it because they c

it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor — a strip of landalem. good morning. as you were lying outside the r rising that both sides are very close, closer than i have ever been to reaching a ceasefire deal, with the final details being hammered out. but expectations also being slightly tempered by the qataris you are leading the negotiations in doha because we have been here time and time again where it seemed like real progress was being made only for it to be undone. this time it does sound also warring sides are close and i have ever been with the supposed ceasefire deal that he died out there. the first place would last a2 days, six weeks, during which every week there would be a release of some of the 3a hostages in return for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. 0n of palestinian prisoners. on day 16 of that first phase full—size will start negotiating the next phase of the deal in which they would be a release of more hostages, some of the soldiers who are being held by hamas and i would being held by hamas and i would be negotiations a

it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor — a strip of landgaza from egypt. mark lowen is injerusalem. hello, catherine. the negotiations appear to be reaching their final stages. they are hammering out the last details of what they hope will be a ceasefire deal that they can announce in the coming hours. a quick reminder of what that deal would bring an end to. 15 months of devastating war in gaza. there are still almost a hundred israeli hostages being held there in gaza. captured on the 7th of october by that hamas attack. 0n the ground in gaza, the local health officials say that almost 10,000 people have been killed in 15 months of war. almost 2 million people had been displaced. if we take a look at the live pictures of coming through from southern gaza, you can see some of the destruction of buildings there by the israeli military over these 15 months of war. so many hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced in the south and could potentially return to the north end of the terms of this is fit ideal. the deal will be in three

there is the philadelphi corridor which includes the rafah crossing.se issues hamas rejected for a very long time, the idea of keeping troops in gaza. they were all the time insisting israel should complete his withdrawal from gaza in the first stage and guarantee that in the war. the two things are not included in this deal and this is what hamas called painful concessions that they have made to make the deal happen. strong winds are forecast to return to los angeles, threatening to undermine the progress made against the city's wildfires. forecasters are expecting gusts of more than 70 miles per hour — about the same force as a category one hurricane. these are the same type of santa ana winds that caused the initial spread of the blazes last week. three major fires are still burning. the biggest one in the palisades has consumed more than 23—thousand acres, and is still only 14% contained. president biden has warned that it will cost tens of billions of dollars to rebuild the dstroyed areas of los angeles. and after a spate of crime during the wildf

it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor, a strip of landnison has more details from jerusalem. it is a bit of deja vu today after yesterday because we are basically in a holding pattern. it does seem like this deal is almost done, but not quite. what mediators are saying is that hamas and israel are still wrangling a bit over what they are calling the technical details of this deal, so they agreed it seems the broad principles, and they are finalising just exactly how it is going to be carried out. as you say, the first phase of the deal which will last six weeks, during that period, we'll see just over 30 israeli hostages released, including three in the very first first day of the deal, in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners to be freed from israeli jails. it's at the second phase where things get a bit difficult. because then israel is saying that after six weeks, it wants to retain the right to resume the war if it feels it is necessary. now, hamas, although massively diminished in gaza, it is still there. they are still figh

it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor — a strip of landk lowen is injerusalem. thank you. a quick reminder of what this ceasefire could try to bring to an end. we are 15 months into this conflict that according to local health officials in gaza has killed more than 46,600 people there and that almost 2 million people, almost the entire gaza population being displaced and there are still close to 100 hostages being held in gaza of the 250 who were seized by hamas on the 7th of october 2023 when hamas gunmen stormed israel, killing some 1200 people, taking around 250 hostage, the worst ever attack on israel does make history. after 15 months and after several times of looking as though we are close to a ceasefire, now it appears both sides say they are closer than ever to reaching a deal in doha. it would be a three stage ceasefire deal and the first stage would see the release of about 33 hostages over a period of six weeks, 42 days, in return for hundreds of palestinian prisoners being released. israeli troops would allow some of the displ

it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor, a strip of landt. jon donnison is injerusalem. i think what is really remarkable here is that both sides appear to be certain that a deal can be done. do you sense any doubt at all?- certain that a deal can be done. do you sense any doubt at all? there is alwa s you sense any doubt at all? there is always doubt _ you sense any doubt at all? there is always doubt because _ you sense any doubt at all? there is always doubt because we _ you sense any doubt at all? there is always doubt because we have - you sense any doubt at all? there is always doubt because we have beeni always doubt because we have been pushing for this deal for months and in effect, the same deal has been on the table since may. but it does seem that the deal is almost done, but not quite. so what mediators is saying is that they are still negotiating over what they are calling the technical detail. so minor details, the broad principles, it seems, have been agreed. but while negotiations are still ongoing, things could go wrong. s

that in purple, that splits gaza in two, but would remain on the edges of gaza, including the philadelphi corridors gaza from egypt. now, geoff, how close are they? a regional official told me today that hamas actually accepted the deal, but they were still working on quote "the map" and implementation. secretary of state antony blinken said they were on the brink of a deal. the final issues, officials tell me, are these, that where exactly, literally to the meter, that israeli forces will be deployed along the border of gaza, and also the names and the sequencing of the palestinian detainees, many hundreds of which are convicted of terrorism and face life sentences. s, what comes after those initial six weeks? nick: there's a phase two where you would see another round of israeli hostages released, another round of palestinian detainees released, and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. that would begin phase three, which is really the long-term phase. you would get the final israeli hostages left, which, sadly, would be mostly the bodies of many of the hostages who are believed to have died in c

are describing it, that israeli forces would maintain a presence along the philadelphia, philadelphi courier corridor, i should say, which is obviously been something of contention in these discussions, and that israel would maintain a buffer zone inside gaza along the border with israel. there would also be unspecified security arrangements in place in certainly at least part of gaza, as residents of northern gaza would be allowed. >> going to be returned. not all of them are going to be hostages that are alive that we are talking about. the return, potentially, of bodies of hostages that have been killed. and among those, of course, are hopefully americans. there are a handful of american israeli hostages whose bodies have yet to be returned. a couple of them, of course, have been declared deceased. there are american families that have been waiting for so long for the return of the bodies of their loved ones, and then hopefully we are waiting to learn if any american hostages are alive and will be returned to their families alive. so this, as we were talking about before about the president's spee

we're going to stay in that philadelphi corridor along the border between between gaza and egypt. so this has been a very, very tough negotiation. and once these negotiations for phase two get underway during the trump administration, i think it's going to be very, very interesting to see what the trump administration's view is of the future of gaza. do they agree that israel should pull out of the gaza strip for months and months? the u.s. and the israeli military structure and officials have been saying that that israel has has accomplished its military goals, that they have decimated hamas to the point where they can no longer carry out another attack. but on october 7th, there's a but here, but there is a remarkable admission by secretary blinken just yesterday and one of his outgoing speeches saying that of all the thousands of hamas militants who have been taken off the battlefield, they have replenished their ranks, they have managed to recruit an equal number, he said of hamas fighters to to join hamas. so hamas is not going anywhere. so this is very much a political and d

the agreement includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor and maintainbuffer zone along the eastern and northern borders during the first phase, which will last 42 days. israel has also agreed to release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including approximately 190 who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. in exchange, hamas will release 3a hostages. and negotiations for the second and third phases of the agreement would begin on the 16th day of the ceasefire. hamas has not yet commented. there are of course some dissenting voices, for example, israel's national security minister, itamar ben gvir, from the ultra—nationalist side of israeli politics, said the deal would amount to surrender to hamas. but israel's deputy foreign minister struck a more positive tone. there is progress today. israel is deeply committed to securing the release and is working relentlessly to reach an agreement. we will soon see whether the other side is genuinely interested in reaching an agreement. i hope we will witness progress in the very near future and especially to

it also includes provisions for israeli forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor — a strip of land let's take you straight to the bbc�*s mark lohan, whojoins let's take you straight to the bbc�*s mark lohan, who joins us now from jerusalem. mark, there has been so much talk, murmurings coming out of qatar every hour it seems. where are we at? .,, ., , ., we at? closer than they have ever been. — we at? closer than they have ever been, lucy, _ we at? closer than they have ever been, lucy, to - we at? closer than they have ever been, lucy, to reaching| we at? closer than they have. ever been, lucy, to reaching a deal but not quite there yet. there has been frantic negotiations in these final hours in the qatari capital, doha. we are expecting possibly an announcement of a deal later on today, possibly tomorrow, but there are still some final details being ironed out. that would have caused bring to an end 15 months of war that has devastated gaza. a reminder that there are still almost 100 israeli hostages who are being held there. and according to palestinian health officials, more