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Negotiators for Israel and Hamas announced plans for a six-week ceasefire that would stop the fighting in Gaza, return 33 hostages to Israel and release around a thousand Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons.

The tentative agreement would also allow more humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza and clear a path for displaced Gazans to return to their homes in the north.

However, less than a day after the deal was announced, its future remained uncertain after comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Hamas of not acting in good faith. Hamas leaders denied that was the case.

Reset checks in with members of the local Jewish community to get their reaction to the latest on a possible ceasefire.

GUESTS: Rabbi Steven Philp, associate rabbi, Mishkan

Rabbi Michael Schwab, senior rabbi North Suburban Synagogue Beth El

Reset also checked in with Palestinian Americans from the Chicago area for their perspectives on the news.

Negotiators for Israel and Hamas announced plans for a six-week ceasefire that would stop the fighting in Gaza, return 33 hostages to Israel and release around a thousand Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons.

The tentative agreement would also allow more humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza and clear a path for displaced Gazans to return to their homes in the north.

However, less than a day after the deal was announced, its future remained uncertain after comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Hamas of not acting in good faith. Hamas leaders denied that was the case.

Reset checks in with members of the local Palestinian American community to get their reaction to the latest on a possible ceasefire.

GUESTS: Dr. Thaer Ahmad, emergency physician, MedGlobal volunteer

Deanna Othman, journalist, has family in Gaza

Reset also checked in with Jewish religious leaders from the Chicago area for their perspectives on the news.

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