Israelis expressed both joy and apprehension at the announcement of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal on Wednesday, fearing that not all those held captive would come home.

"On one hand, of course, I'm very happy, but I'm also preoccupied because I want to see the deal continue until the last hostage is back at home, in his bed, the living and the dead", Ornit Barak, 59, told AFP.

"We are very preoccupied that at some point it will, for some reason, stop and we will continue back to war", she said at a protest calling for an end to the war and a release of all hostages.

Qatar's prime minister announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed Wednesday to a........

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