A Qatari delegation has visited Israel to discuss a possible extension of a four-day truce between Hamas and Israel that started on Friday, an official briefed on the visit has said, Reuters reports.
The Qatari operations team also coordinated with Israeli officials to ensure the truce and hostage releases continue smoothly, the official said.
Egypt said on Saturday it had received positive signals from all parties over a possible extension of the Gaza truce for one or two days.
Diaa Rashwan, the head of Egypt’s State Information Service, said in a statement that the country was holding extensive talks with all parties to reach an agreement over extending the four-day truce, which “means the release of more detainees in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.”
Meanwhile, as the temporary Israel-Hamas truce entered its second day, Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.
A Palestinian man was wounded outside the Ofer prison near Ramallah, Al Jazeera reported quoting the Palestine Red Crescent organisation.
Israeli troops also shot and wounded Palestinians in Beit Ummar and Burqa in the West Bank.
Director of UNRWA Affairs Adam Bouloukos has said that there is no part of the West Bank that is not touched or controlled by Israel.—Agencies
