The Bottom Line
- This Friday marks the 56th day of the war between Israel and Hamas.
- The truce officially expired at 6 a.m. this morning, no announcement at this stage of extension.
- Two female hostages, including 21-year-old French-Israeli Mia Schem, were freed late yesterday afternoon.
- Six other Israeli hostages were also released in the late evening, as were 30 Palestinian prisoners.
- A shooting attack at a bus stop in western Jerusalem left several people dead and others seriously injured. Paris condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms".
06:12
Alert
Israeli army says it has "resumed the fight" against Hamas
"Hamas violated the agreement and also fired on the territory of the State of Israel," the IDF spokesman said.
06:02
Alert
Gaza truce expired, no announcement of extension
05:33
Israeli military says it intercepted rocket fire from Gaza
The air defense system "successfully intercepted a shot from the Gaza Strip," the Israeli military said in a message to the press just over an hour before the end of the potentially renewable truce. There has been no claim of responsibility for the rocket fire so far.
05:32
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