Of course it is not the first time that we have seen conflict in this exact part of the world that looked a lot like this, between israel and hamas. Israel and hamas fought wars in 2014. Before that, they fought another war in 2008. Previous conflicts between israel and hamas and how they have ended can tonight, i think, give us some relevant context, give us reason to be both hopeful and cautious about what has just happened tonight. In 2014, it was six days into the fighting when a ceasefire was declared. That ceasefire held for a few hours, and then within 24 hours, it was completely off. Then they declared another ceasefire after that, and that one failed too. And then they declared another and then another and then another, another, another, another, another, and then another. And then it was that one. It was the tenth one that actually finally held. The last time there was fighting this intense in that part of the world, they declared ceasefire number one six days into it. But it
Then they declared another ceasefire after that, and that one failed too. And then they declared another and then another and then th another, another, another, another, another, and then another. And then it was that one. It was the tenth one that actually finally held. The last time there was fightinm this intense in that part of the world, they declared ceasefire number one six days into it. But it was not until ceasefires number ten that it actually stuck and they got some measure of lasting peace. Ng but at that point it was 51 days into the fighting. There were more than 2,000 palestinians killed, more than 70 israelis. They tried to they thought they were stopping it on day 6. It took until day 51. It took ten ceasefire attempts. Tonight we have got a ceasefire. After 10 1 2 days of fighting, were in day 11, something thats being described as a mutual and simultaneous ceasefire has been agreed upon. Israel and hamas do not talk to each other directly, so this ceasefire has been
Nbc correspondent Kelly Cobiella is reporting for us and from outside the white house, nbc News White House correspondent, monica alba. Kelly, let me begin with you. We always have to insert the word fragile when we talk about a ceasefire like this. How did this come about and how fragile is it . Reporter well, we began to hear about this, willie, at about 10 00 local time last night. There was talk that a ceasefire was going to be in place, as of 2 00 a. M. At the time, there was still Air Raid Sirens in the border towns in israel. Rocket fire from hamas into israel and at least one air strike from the israelis into gaza. But at 2 00 a. M. Local time, silence here. The hostilities did, in fact, stop. The ceasefire began. There was celebration in the streets in gaza, a place that has been absolutely pummeled, bombarded by israeli air strikes over the past 11 days. The idf, of course, saying that they were targeting hamas infrastructure, tunnels, headquarters, homes of hamas leaders. Bu
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