pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been extended by two days, Qatari officials announced on Monday.
Dozens of the more than 200 people taken hostage during Hamas Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel and held in war-torn Gaza for nearly two months were released over the last few days during the cease-fire. Fifty-eight hostages 40 Israelis and 18 foreign citizens have been released by Hamas, exchanged for 117 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons.
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Death toll rises to 4 in shooting at Jerusalem bus stop
Four people have died from a shooting at a Jerusalem bus stop Thursday morning, according to the Shaaeri Tzedek hospital.
The death toll initially stood at three. The fourth death was reported Thursday night.
The deadly incident unfolded around 7:40 a.m. local time when a pair of heavily armed assailants drove up to the bus stop, got out of their vehicle
Hamas freed six more Israelis from captivity in the Gaza Strip shortly before midnight on Thursday, bringing the total number of hostages released on the seventh day of the ceasefire to eight.
Yagil, who turned 13 while in captivity, and his brother Or Yaakov, 16, were abducted by gun-toting terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and taken back to Gaza.
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