Source close to Hamas says group willing to extend truce by four more days

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Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters pose for a picture after handing over hostages to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 28. Photo by AFP.

GAZA STRIP - A source close to Hamas said Wednesday the Islamist movement was willing to extend by an additional four days a Gaza truce that has seen Israeli hostages exchanged for Palestinian prisoners.

"Hamas has informed the mediators that it is willing to extend the truce for four days and that the movement would be able to release Israeli prisoners that it, other resistance movements and other parties hold during this period, according to the terms of the existing truce," the source told AFP. - AFP

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