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Isolated abroad and under constant pressure at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no other option but to comply when his chief patron, U.S. President Donald Trump, hailed Hamas鈥� response to his 20-point peace plan for Gaza.

Bombing in Gaza City has 鈥渟ignificantly subsided,鈥� a hospital official says. Israel鈥檚 army says it鈥檚 preparing for the first phase of a U.S. peace plan backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.聽Talks are underway for the release of hostages.

Replying to President Donald Trump鈥檚 ultimatum to accept his plan for ending the war, Hamas said it was willing to release the hostages and hand power to other Palestinians, but that other aspects require consultations. Hamas did not say it would disarm, an Israeli demand.

Like other recent plans for the 鈥渄ay after鈥� war ends in Gaza, the Trump ceasefire plan was formulated without direct input from Gazans. As they react with both optimism and skepticism, a major concern is that they don鈥檛 give up on self-determination.

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had accepted a U.S. plan for Gaza. But prospects for ending the war lean on Arab and Muslim states to deliver Hamas鈥� agreement to disarm. And a U.S. and Israeli threat of force hangs heavily.

The arrival of more food sparked hope in Gaza that famine might be avoided. But supplies are insufficient and distribution hard to organize.

Zhao Jun opened his pulled noodle joint in Algiers to serve fellow Chinese migrant workers. Now more than half his clients are Algerian.

After a yearlong delay, students in Gaza have completed their high school graduation exams. But their futures remain circumscribed by war.聽

The move on Sunday prompted an angry response from Israel and reflects growing outrage at Israel鈥檚 conduct of the war in Gaza.

Israel has built settlements in the occupied West Bank for 50 years. It鈥檚 about to construct a Jerusalem suburb making a Palestinian state unfeasible.