Israel-Hamas War Highlights: Gaza truce extended for another day

The truce between Israel and Hamas was extended for another in a last minute decision, giving the citizens of Gaza one more day of ceasefire. However, Hamas claimed responsibility of a terrorist shooting at Jerusalem, which killed three.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing hope in the exchange of more hostages. Further, the brokers of peace are expecting that the ceasefire between the two countries will be extended for two more days.

According to Al Jazeera, the Gaza Health Ministry has said that hundred of seriously wounded people in the war torn area need immediate evacuation, or the death toll can rise drastically.

The Israeli military said that two Israeli hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza Thursday, after an extension to a truce in the enclave between Hamas and Israel.

Two Hamas gunmen killed three people at a Jerusalem bus stop during morning rush hour on Thursday, and Israel reiterated its commitment to wiping out the Palestinian Islamist faction, whose Oct. 7 killing spree triggered the Gaza war.

The attackers, Palestinians from East Jerusalem, were shot dead by off-duty soldiers and an armed civilian, police said. At least eight people were also wounded in the shooting. (Reuters)

After meeting with Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli leaders on Thursday that a temporary truce in their war with Hamas was "producing results" and should continue.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday stressed the need for Israel to immediately hold Jewish settler extremists accountable for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the State Department said after the top U.S. diplomat met with Israeli leaders. (Reuters)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Israel overnight, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. The two also discusses the posibility of release of more hostages soon.

Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting attack in Jerusalem that killed three people on Thursday, shortly after the extension of a truce between Israel and the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the PM office in Jerusalem.

Egyptian and Qatari negotiators are pushing for a new two-day extension to the truce in Gaza along with more prisoner releases and an increase in the delivery of humanitarian aid, a statement from Egypt's state media body said on Thursday. (Reuters)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas had produced results and the United States hoped it would continue. (Reuters)

Gunmen killed three people and wounded several more in Jerusalem on Thursday, Israeli police said, in an attack shortly after extension of a truce in the Israel-Hamas war. (AFP)

The Israeli military said it intercepted an "aerial target" that crossed from Lebanon on Thursday, in an incident that jolted the calm prevailing at the frontier since the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel agreed a temporary truce, Reuters reported.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday that, given the number of casualties among civilians in Gaza, he doubts Israel is respecting the international humanitarian law.

"The footage we are seeing and the growing numbers of children dying, I have serious doubt (Israel) is complying with international humanitarian law," he said in an interview with Spanish state-owned broadcaster TVE.

Russia on Thursday thanked Hamas for freeing two Russian women hostages from Gaza outside a truce deal with Israel.

"We are grateful to the leadership of the Hamas movement for the positive response to our constant appeals," Moscow's foreign ministry said. "We will continue to strive for the quick release of the remaining Russians held in the Gaza Strip."

A group of 17 Thai nationals who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza arrived at a Bangkok airport on Thursday, Thailand's foreign ministry told reporters.

A total of 23 Thai hostages have been released in Gaza, with nine remaining in captivity.

Hamas gunmen from Gaza killed 39 Thais and abducted 32 Thai labourers during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to the Thai government.

Gunmen killed three people and wounded several more in Jerusalem on Thursday, Israeli police said, in an attack shortly after an truce in the Israel-Hamas war was extended.

Police said the two assailants from annexed east Jerusalem opened fire on people near a bus stop on the western side of Jerusalem, where there are no checkpoints guarding the entrance to the city.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas had produced results and that the United States hoped that it continued.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to attend the UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday where he will hold talks with diplomats on the release of hostages held by Hamas.

As the Gaza truce was extended by another day, Israel said that it received a new list of hostages to be released from Hamas.

Israel's military said on Thursday that a truce with Hamas will continue "in light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages.

The Hamas militant group also said that it had agreed to extend a truce with Israel in Gaza for a seventh day.

The truce, extended from its initial four days, brought the first respite in the bombardment of Gaza with much of the coastal territory of 2.3 million having been reduced to wasteland in response to a deadly rampage by Hamas militants into southern Israel on Oct. 7.

Seventeen Thai hostages kidnapped and held for weeks by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are expected to return home on Thursday.

Tens of thousands of Thais were working in Israel, mostly in the agricultural sector, when Palestinian militants poured over the border on October 7, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping about 240, according to Israeli authorities.

At least 32 Thais were abducted by Hamas, with Bangkok's foreign ministry and Thai Muslim groups working to negotiate their release.

Hamas group said Israel declined to receive seven women and child hostages and the bodies of three others who the militants said were killed during Israel's bombardment of the enclave in exchange for a temporary truce extension on Thursday.

"This is despite confirming through mediators that this group is all the (Hamas) movement has in terms of detainees in the agreed-upon category," Hamas said in a statement.