Netanyahu says deaths in Gaza ‘justified’ as he offers to extend truce with Hamas militants

Netanyahu says deaths in Gaza ‘justified’ as he offers to extend truce with Hamas militants

‘Israel is ready to extend its ceasefire in the Gaza Strip beyond the current truce, which is scheduled to expire at 8am on Friday, an official has said.
Israel had “expressed its readiness to extend the truce under its current terms”, the official added, referring to the three-day cessation of hostilities agreed on Tuesday.
But Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior figure in Hamas, the Palestinian group controlling the Gaza Strip, said on social media: “There is no agreement to extend the ceasefire.”’
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