In a separate statement, Hamas said an agreement has been reached to extend the truce for a seventh day.
Israel’s military said in a statement the truce will continue as mediators sought to release more hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
A truce between Israel and Hamas will be extended by one day, mediating nation Qatar has confirmed, as a six-day humanitarian pause in Gaza was set to end.
“Palestinian and Israeli sides reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional day under the same previous conditions, which are a ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid, within the framework of the joint mediation of the State of Qatar,” Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said in a statement.
Before the truce, Israel bombarded the territory for seven weeks and killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in the coastal strip.
Progressive members of the US Congress gathered with activists, actors and artists outside the White House to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and several colleagues joined well-known actors Cynthia Nixon, Denee Benton and others to take turns reading the names of some of the more than 15,000 Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Tlaib and her colleagues warned that the war in Gaza must end, and the current pause in fighting must become permanent.
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