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As Israel and Gaza traded prisoners over the weekend, a sign that there can be successful negotiations, more fighting broke out Tuesday according to IDF.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Biden on Sunday that his government would accept an extension of the cease-fire in exchange for the release of 10 hostages every day, according to a translation of a video statement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that he spoke to US President Joe Biden about extending the current four-day truce between Israel and Hamas. According to the agreement signed by the two warring sides earlier this week,

President Joe Biden said he hopes to extend the pause in the Israeli-Hamas war beyond the original four-day deal to facilitate more hostage releases, saying the safe return of 4-year-old American girl shows that the cease-fire brokered by the US and Qatar is working.

A truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that was on the verge of expiring was extended by two days, mediator Qatar said on Monday, raising the prospect the Palestinian group will free hostages beyond the 69 released since Friday.

The decision by Israel and Hamas to extend their temporary truce in Gaza from four days to six has raised expectations that both sides will agree to further extensions to allow for more hostage swaps and humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian enclave.

The Palestinian militant group had promised that it would release another 20 women and children that it had held hostage in the Gaza Strip over the next two days.

President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, was released as part of the cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war.

US President Joe Biden has expressed hope for an extention of the humanitarian deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip “so that we can continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief into those in need in Gaza”.