{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/678a8cd216bc7a8545167c23?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal: what happens next in Gaza?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1737133213248-d90c4864-2752-42f5-a9c2-7afec2e208ec.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Israeli security cabinet has ratified an initial <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/gaza-ceasefire-deal-agreed-israel-hamas-netanyahu-b1205388.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">six-week deal </a>with Hamas for a ceasefire in the war that will see some of the hostages held in Gaza being released.</p><p>The breakthrough marks the cessation of 15 months of fighting since the Hamas terror attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023, and also brings hope of border crossings being reopened for aid to ease the Palestinian humanitarian crisis.</p><p>The US-brokered ceasefire on Sunday will see the exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and comes a day before president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.&nbsp;</p><p>The Standard podcast is joined by Dr Rob Geist Pinfold, lecturer in international security in the Defence Studies department at King’s College London.</p><p>In part two, amid food shortages, toxic air and price-gouging, how Angelenos are supporting each other in the aftermath the deadly <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/los-angeles-wildfires-pictures-b1204443.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LA wildfires</a>.</p><p>We're joined by Kenia Alcocer, an organiser with Union de Vecinos, part of the Los Angeles Tenants Union.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}