An Israel-Hamas truce in the Gaza Strip has stretched into a fifth day as the two sides completed the release of Israeli hostages and detained Palestinians under their original four-day truce deal and appeared poised to free more, Reuters reports.
Israel on Monday said 11 Israelis had returned to the country from Gaza Strip, bringing to 69 the total of Israeli and foreign hostages Hamas has freed since Friday under the truce.
The Israel Prison Service said 33 Palestinian prisoners were released on Monday from Israel’s Ofer prison in the West Bank and from a detention centre in Jerusalem, bringing the total number of Palestinians it has freed since Friday to 150.
