Nick Schifrin:
Well, Geoff, a senior administration official says that the U.S. didn’t know there would be a deal until just minutes before announcing it after Hamas tried this morning to insert new objections.
But, tonight, after 15 months of one of the most intense aerial campaigns in history, the deadliest ever war on Israeli soil and the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians, there is cautious hope the cease-fire will hold.
Tonight in Gaza, a celebration and in Israel relief that after 467 days of war, in just 72 hours, the guns over Gaza will go silent.
Joe Biden, President of the United States: At long last, I can announce a cease-fire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas.
