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Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip skyline as the sun sets. Hamas is willing to extend a truce for four days and release more Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a source close to the militant group said, as mediators sought a lasting halt to the conflict. IMAGES
Palestinians taking advantage of a fragile truce deal between Israel and Hamas walk in the devastated streets of Gaza City. For nearly seven weeks, Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip were relentless. IMAGES
Flares fly and smoke billows over northern Gaza as a truce between Israel and Hamas holds for a second day. Hamas is expected to release another 14 Israeli hostages in exchange for 42 Palestinian prisoners on the second day of a four-day truce after seven weeks of war. IMAGES
Images of sunrise over Gaza City after an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants appeared to be holding early Monday. The truce raises hopes that the recent intense conflict that has left at least 44 Palestinians dead, including 15 children, has ended. IMAGES
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters that US President Biden welcomes the extension of a truce between Yemen's warring parties, which he adds "has brought an unprecedented calm in Yemen." The agreement to extend a four-month long truce for a further two months was reached just hours before it was due to expire, the United Nations announced. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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