Live updates | Israel releases Palestinian prisoners and Hamas frees 11 hostages as truce extended

A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days, the key mediator Qatar announced on Monday, which would have been the final day of the cease-fire.

In the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, 11 Israeli hostages, all women and children, were released from Hamas captivity Monday night in the Gaza Strip. Early Tuesday, 33 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons were freed and driven to the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

The truce deal has brought more shipments of fuel and supplies into Gaza — although aid groups say that barely makes a dent in the needs of the 2.3 million Palestinians who have endured weeks of Israeli siege and bombardment.

Monday's releases bring the number of Israelis freed to 50, along with 19 hostages of other nationalities. So far, 150 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons.

Roughly 240 hostages were captured by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that ignited the war. One was freed by Israeli forces and two were found dead inside Gaza.

More than 13,300 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, roughly two thirds of them women and minors, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza. Some 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, mostly during the initial incursion by Hamas. At least 77 soldiers have been killed in Israel's ground offensive.

Currently:

— As freed hostages return to Israel, details of captivity emerge.

— Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Mideast war. Its unprecedented Tel Aviv trip saved a shaky truce.

— Suspect in U.S. shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent pleads not guilty.

— Elon Musk visits kibbutz attacked by Hamas.

— Representatives of European and Arab countries meet in Barcelona to discuss the Israel-Hamas war.

— U.S. Navy seizes attackers who held an Israel-linked tanker.

— With antisemitism rising as the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe's Jews worry.

— Find more of AP's coverage at Here's what's happening in the war:

A Red Cross bus carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah early Tuesday.

Israel's prison service said it was releasing 33 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth such release as part of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The prisoners were greeted by cheering crowds who surrounded the bus as it made its way through the streets of the West Bank city.

So far, 150 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons.

France says three of the hostages released from Gaza on Monday were French citizens, all three children.

''France welcomes the liberation of three of its children today: Eitan, Erez and Sahar,'' the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. ''They are now in security in Israel. We share the relief of their families and all those who mobilized for their freedom.''

France thanked Egypt and the ICRC and for mediation efforts and Qatar for its ''decisive role'' in the release, and said the French government is ''working tirelessly'' to free five other French citizens held hostage. France's president, foreign minister and defense minister have traveled to the region to push for the release of the hostages.

French media has identified the three children hostages as Franco-Israeli citizens Eitan Yahalomi, 12, Erez Calderon, 12, and Sahar Calderon, 16.

BRUSSELS — U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East for the third time since Israel's war with Hamas began, a senior State Department official said Monday.

Blinken will travel to Israel and the West Bank after attending Ukraine-focused meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels and Skopje, Macedonia, where foreign ministers from NATO and the Organization for Peace and Security in Europe are gathering, the official said. The official spoke to reporters traveling with Blinken on condition of anonymity ahead a form State Department announcement.