Gaza ceasefire deal hits critical moment

The first six-week phase of the ceasefire ends on Saturday and negotiations on phase two have barely begun.

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The 42 days since 19 January have seen their fair share of uncertainty, hope, grief and anger, but everything that should have happened in that time has.

Israeli hostages - the living and the dead - have been released. Palestinian prisoners set free.

But negotiations on phase two, including the release of all remaining living hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, have barely begun.

Talks opened in Cairo on Friday but Israel's delegation returned home in the evening.

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