Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza's future.

Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip. The release scheduled for Saturday would also involve freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

An Israeli delegation in Cairo is negotiating to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire when it expires on Saturday rather than move to the second phase as originally planned and as Hamas wants,

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday, Egypt said. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, was also found dead in their New Mexico home. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke out on social media after a fiery exchange with President Trump and VP Vance at the Oval Office on Friday afternoon.