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The Israeli negotiation team is expected to return from Cairo on Friday evening after a day of talks on extending the first phase of the hostage deal and the ceasefire in Gaza.

A series of hostage-for-prisoner swaps agreed under the first phase of the cease-fire is complete, and no one knows how long the uneasy calm will last.

Talks resume in Cairo Friday on a second phase of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire that mediators hope will bring a lasting end to the Gaza conflict, a day after Israel's military acknowledged its "complete

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his delegation to travel to Cairo on Thursday to continue Gaza ceasefire talks. The second phase, if started, will involve the release of the remaining hostages for more prisoners,

The military was supposed to begin withdrawing from that region in early March if the current ceasefire, which expires Saturday, were extended.

The Israeli negotiating team is returning from Cairo after Hamas rejected a proposal to extend the first phase of the ongoing hostage-ceasefire agreement by an additional 42 days, according to a report by Channel 12.

Trump demanded that Hamas "release all of the hostages now, not later," including the remains of dead hostages, "or it is OVER for you".