HAMAS and Israel have agreed to extend their truce for another day just MINUTES before the fighting was set to resume.
Israel has already received the new list of 10 hostages to be released in exchange for 30 Palestinian prisoners today.
10 Israeli hostages were released last night along with two Russians and four thais
Footage shows brave hostage, Rimon Kirsht, staring back at the Hamas terrorist
Israel’s military has said the truce with Hamas will continue “in light of the mediators’ efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages, and subject to the terms of the agreement”.
In the hours before, Hamas had blamed Israel for the possible end to the truce, accusing them of “refusing to receive seven women and children” held as hostages.
The terror group warned their armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, to be ready for battle when the ceasefire did not look set to be renewed.
The ceasefire, which began Nov 24 and was originally set to expire on Monday, has paused the deadliest fighting between Israel and Palestinians in decades.
This morning, gunmen opened fire at Jerusalem bus stop killing two, Israeli police say.
A 24-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were reportedly killed in the attack.
“Two terrorists arrived at the scene in a vehicle armed with weapons fired at civilians at a bus stop, and they were neutralized by security forces and a civilian who were nearby,” Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service.
Last night, the sixth group of Israeli and foreign hostages were released, which included 10 Israeli children and women.
A fearless Israeli hostage was filmed staring down her gun-toting Hamas captor as she was released to the Red Cross in Gaza.
Rimon Kirsht, 36, stood tall and defiant in the moments before she finally reach safety.
Two Russians and four Thai nationals were also released by the terror group.
The two Russians were let go as a gesture to Russian President Vladimir Putin unrelated to Hamas’ truce deal with Israel, Israeli media reported.
Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas as soon as the truce expired.
“From the beginning of the war, I set three goals: the elimination of Hamas, the return of all our abductees, and to ensure that Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel.
“These three goals remain in place.”
“There is no way we are not going back to fighting until the end,” he added.
However, Israel is facing mounting international pressure to spare southern Gaza a devastating ground offensive like the one that has demolished much of the north.
Meanwhile, the shattered family of Hamas’s youngest hostage, baby Kfir Bibas, have broken their silence as Israel probes a shocking claim by the terror group that the 10-month-old is dead.
Kfir’s relatives revealed they are aware of the allegations he died alongside his mum and brother in an Israeli airstrike, but hope they are untrue.
Hamas’s military wing alleged that Kfir, his brother Ariel, four, and mum Shiri, 32, were all killed before the period of ceasefire began on Friday.
This claim has not yet been officially verified.
It followed Israel’s reports that Hamas “no longer had control” of baby Kfir after trading him with another terror group as a “trophy”.
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