The 42-day truce between Israel and Hamas is set to expire this weekend unless an agreement is struck to extend it. The two sides were meant to begin talks on a permanent end to the war in early February;

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.

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.