Israel will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor -- the border separating Egypt and Gaza -- as stipulated by the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a second phase, in which Hamas would release dozens of remaining hostages in exchange for more prisoners and a lasting ceasefire, have not yet begun.

Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza's future.

Russia's ruble, the Moscow stock market and Ukrainian government bonds all declined Monday after Friday's Oval Office dust-up between U.S. President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky kn

The military was supposed to begin withdrawing from that region in early March if the current ceasefire, which expires Saturday, were extended.

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas is set to end on Saturday.

Mourners are burying the remains of one of the last hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel.

Talks resume in Cairo Friday on a second phase of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire that mediators hope will bring a lasting end to the Gaza conflict, a day after Israel's military

During Friday morning's heated news conference in the Oval Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphatically told U.S. President Donald Trump that his country wasn't interested in a ceasefire deal amid its ongoing Russian invasion.