MORE HOSTAGES SET TO BE FREED AS HOPES GROW FOR A LONGER TRUCE - UNFORTUNATELY THIS PLAYS RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF HAMAS WHO ARE ALREADY STEADILY UPGRADING THEIR ARTILLERY READY FOR THEIR NEXT ASSAULT ON ISRAEL

  International efforts are continuing to extend the current four-day truce between Israel and Hamas. Israel is offering a day's pause in fighting for every 10 additional hostages released from Gaza, while Hamas says it is seeking an extension

1. More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are due to be released later, on the final day of the current truce period
2. More lorry-loads of humanitarian supplies entered the Gaza Strip on Monday with food, fuel and medicines being distributed by aid organisations.
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   Palestinian National Authority says truce could be extended Qatar, Egypt, the US, the EU and Spain, are working to extend the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the foreign minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riyad al-Maliki, says. Al-Maliki says the truce could be extended for "one, two, three days", but adds that no one knows how long exactly, the Reuters news agency reports.  EU foreign affairs chief calls for temporary ceasefire extension EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has called for an extension of the temporary ceasefire in Gaza. Under the initial terms of the deal, the temporary pause in fighting is in its final day. But as we have been reporting, there are early indicators it could be extended. "The pause should be extended to make it sustainable and long lasting while working for a political solution," he said at a meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona. Borrell says Palestinians and Israelis have 'equal right to same land' More now from Josep Borrell, who has been talking about the Israel-Hamas war and how to take forward Middle East peace once the current conflict is over.  Speaking in Barcelona earlier, the EU's top diplomat called for Israel not to "recolonize" Gaza, saying both Palestinians and Israelis had an "equal and legitimate right to the same land", Reuters reports. He added that a Palestinian state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza was the "best guarantee" for "Israel's security and peace". EVEN MORE STORIES AND REPORTS AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67539313