Reports indicate efforts may be near collapse as terror group refuses Israeli demand to free at least 5 living hostages in return for truce's extension The post Netanyahu holds discussions on Gaza ceasefire as talks with Hamas appear deadlocked appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israeli fire has killed eight people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas has largely held.

The Palestinian militant group said in a statement Friday it has accepted a new proposal by mediators of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, agreeing to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four other hostage dual nationals who died in captivity.