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President Trump says Israel and Hamas have accepted the first phase of his plan
for ending the war in Gaza.
A ceasefire is supposed to start later today.
Hamas is to release Israeli hostages.
Israel will free a number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Many world leaders are praising this news,
but NPR's Aya Batrawe reports some Palestinian reactions are muted.
There were sporadic celebrations overnight after Trump's announcement,
but the past two years of war in Gaza are a nightmare that continues.
Ahmad Eid says he doesn't have faith that this is the beginning of a lasting peace, as Trump says.
He says how can he be happy after all the blood that's been shed?
How can he be happy when he's still living in a tent with his children displaced from their home?
Ait says he's lost more than 150 relatives in Israeli attacks on Gaza and that people are living on the streets without food or water.
Under the plan, Israel must lift restrictions to allow hundreds of trucks of aid in per day.