cease-fire
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The first phase of the cease-fire saw the return of all remaining living Israeli hostages and all but one hostage body.
Since the cease-fire took hold in October, fighting has largely subsided, Hamas has returned all but the body of one deceased hostage, and the flow of humanitarian aid has accelerated.
Israel and Hamas agree to a cease-fire deal after a year of painstaking diplomacy.
“In the cyber realm, unlike the kinetic world, there is no such thing as a cease-fire,” said Yossi Karadi, head of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate.
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