Israel-Hamas War Updates Maps Photos Released Hostages’ Accounts Civilian Toll in Gaza Life Under Siege

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       Thursday Briefing: A Race to Extend the Gaza Truce

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       By Justin Porter

       Nov. 29, 2023

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       Palestinians receiving flour distributed by the U.N. yesterday in Gaza. Credit...Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

       Cease-fire talks focus on further extensions Top officials from Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. were pushing to lock in another extension of the cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which is set to expire today.

       Officials see it as the best way to ease the humanitarian crisis, secure the release of more hostages and slow the war’s death toll. But officials with knowledge of the talks said they also hoped that the succession of short-term pauses would pave the way to ending the war.

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       Justin Porter is an editor on the Briefings newsletter team at The Times. More about Justin Porter

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