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Israel has broadly accepted a deal for a six-week Gaza ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and it is now up to Hamas to agree to release hostages for the deal to take effect, a senior US official said on Saturday. The announcement came after the US military used three military cargo planes to airdrop more than 38,000 meals into the Gaza Strip for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began, officials said. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.