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There are cautious hopes that two years of bloodshed in Gaza could finally be brought to an end, and the Israeli hostages freed

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Celebrations erupted in Gaza and Israel as the news spread that a ceasefire and hostage deal brokered by Donald Trump could end two years of bloodshed. But for many Palestinians, anxieties about the future remain.