LIVE Middle East | Qatar hopeful about ceasefire in Gaza, negotiations on final details of the agreement

Qatar said on Tuesday that the main obstacles to a ceasefire had been removed. Hamas has already accepted the deal, according to Israeli media. The implementation of the agreement takes place step by step. In the first of the three phases, Hamas would release 33 Israeli hostages and Israel would release a thousand Palestinian prisoners. Follow all developments in the Middle East in our live blog.

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