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The mother of Mohammad al-Halabi, Palestinian aid worker and Gaza operations manager for ecumenical Christian humanitarian aid organisation World Vision International -- who was arrested at the Erez border crossing with Israel in 2016, celebrates after she is notified of his release at a house in Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on January 18, 2025 following the Israeli cabinet's approval of a ceasefire dear amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin at 0630 GMT on January 19, mediator Qatar said after Israel's cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal. In more than 15 months of war between Hamas Palestinian militants and Israel, there has been only one previous truce, for one week, in November 2023 that also saw a hostage-prisoner exchange. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)