Mediators were working to secure a two-day extension to the four-day truce deal in the war in Gaza that ends later on Monday, and pave the way for more Israeli hostages to be released from Hamas custody.
International pressure is rising on Israel to extend a pause in its military offensive in the Palestinian enclave devastated by fighting that caused thousands of civilian casualties, triggered a spiraling humanitarian crisis and forced most of the two million residents from their homes.
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