Israel and Hamas will agree to prolong a truce in Gaza that had been due to expire on Tuesday, mediator Qatar said, as hostage and prisoner exchanges were set to continue.
With just hours to go before the so-called “humanitarian pause” was to end, both Hamas and Israel had been under international pressure to avoid a return to battle.
Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said “an agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian truce for an additional two days in the Gaza Strip.”
