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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours on Monday, with the militant group saying it was willing to extend the truce after freeing more hostages, including a four-year-old orphaned by its attack.
The pause that began on Friday has seen dozens of hostages released, with more than 100 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel in return.
Agence France-Presse also reports that attention has now turned to whether the ceasefire will be extended before its scheduled end early Tuesday morning.
Israel received in the early hours of the morning the list of 11 more hostages to be released by Hamas as part of the 4-day cease-fire agreement, which is scheduled to end today.
But the parties will apparently try to extend it in the following days, and this is learned from their official reaction.
The deal, brokered by Qatar backed by Egypt and the US, which came into force on Friday, called for a four-day ceasefire that included the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the release of 50 of the more than 200 hostages being held. in the Palestinian enclave, in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas is the first to seek to postpone the four-day ceasefire with Israel, which marked the release of dozens of Palestinian youths and women held in Israeli prisons. The militant group issued a statement demanding that such a thing be done only if Israel commits to freeing more Palestinians.
Even Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu admitted that there is an agreement that provides for the ceasefire to be extended if 10 hostages are released every day. But the Israeli leader does not give up on his objectives to destroy Hamas in every cell.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu held a telephone conversation with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, with whom he discussed the situation in Gaza, the cessation of hostilities and humanitarian assistance.
According to the White House, Biden applauded the parties for the exchange of hostages and prisoners, but added that more must be done to free all those who have been kidnapped.
The first victory for Israel
The Israeli prime minister, who is today expected to ask his government to approve a "war" budget of 30 billion shekels (7.3 billion euros), declared that the military operations will continue as a "victory".
He made the announcement in northern Gaza, where he went for the first time since Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave in 2005, to inspect soldiers.
In the occupied West Bank, buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) transported to Ramallah and Beitunia released the prisoners who were greeted by crowds waving the flags of Palestine, Hamas and other organizations.
"I feel happy and at the same time sad for the blood of our martyrs. I feel sorry for our martyrs, but I am happy for the victory of our resistance," Beitunia told Yazan Saba, a young prisoner released as part of the ceasefire.
Israel launched the offensive in the Gaza Strip after Hamas militants attacked southern sectors of the Israeli territory on October 7, killing 1,200 people, according to Israeli authorities. During the deadliest attack Israel has ever suffered by a state, moreover, 240 people were kidnapped and taken to the Palestinian enclave.
In retaliation for this attack, the Israeli army, whose political leadership has vowed to "wipe out" the Palestinian Islamist movement that seized power in 2007 in the Gaza Strip, began a relentless bombardment and on October 27 launched a ground operation.
According to the latest figures from the Hamas Ministry of Health, 14,854 people, including 6,150 children, were killed in the Israeli bombing. Civil defense in Gaza says another 7,000 are missing, most buried in the rubble.
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