The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Palestinian Hamas movement announced on Monday evening that they had reached an agreement with the Israeli side regarding extending the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for two additional days.

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al-Ansari, said on the “X” platform that the State of Qatar “announces that within the framework of the ongoing mediation (between Hamas and Israel), an agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian truce for an additional two days in the Gaza Strip.”

In turn, Hamas announced in a brief statement on Telegram that “it was agreed with the brothers in Qatar and Egypt to extend the temporary humanitarian truce for an additional two days under the same conditions as the previous truce.”