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Hamas says it is seeking to extend the current four-day pause in fighting with Israel and increase the number of hostages released
Israel's PM has said the original agreement could be extended - but Israeli operations in Gaza would resume with full force after the truce period
Meanwhile, more Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are due to be released on Monday, on the final day of the current truce period
On Sunday, Fourteen Israeli hostages and three foreign nationals were released by Hamas in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners
Gazans have been using the pause in fighting to get desperately-needed supplies of fuel, food and medicine
Hamas’s attacks on 7 October killed 1,200 people, with about 240 taken hostage
Since then, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 14,500 people have been killed in Israel's retaliatory campaign
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