Gaza cease-fire extended another 24 hours
Palestinians salvage items from the rubble of destroyed buildings in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighborhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014 while Israeli and Palestinian delegations prepared for cr
CAIRO (CNN) -- Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to extend the current Gaza cease-fire by 24 hours, Gamal Shobky, the Palestinian Authority ambassador to Egypt, said Monday.
An Israeli government official confirmed the extension to CNN. The cease-fire is now set to expire at midnight Tuesday ( 2 p.m. PT).
The extension gives negotiators more time to talk about the issues for a lasting peace in Gaza.
"There hasn't been any progress at all," Azzam al-Ahmed, the lead Palestinian negotiator, told reporters.