five other people injured following a shooting at the entrance to jerusalem. the two palestinian assailants were shot. one of them was killed. the other was apprehended by police. the attack came shortly after the israeli military announced the truce with hamas will continue as mediators continue the process of releasing hostages. the original ceasefire deal that was already extended once was set to expire at midnight eastern time. the truce has allowed for the release of nearly 100 hostages held by hamas since october 7th. 16 of them were released wednesday night. in return, israel has released more than 200 palestinian prisoners. it s also allowed for the free flow of aid into gaza. stay with fox news channel for the very latest. out of the middle east. for now, back to, the very latest out of the middle east for now. back to our regular programming already in progress. for global islamiaisingc war against the west, defacing national landmarks, statues,atu. vandalizing ou
all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnn s deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? reporter: well, ali, christine and carol, we can tell you that he is facing eight charges today. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. the charges against him, attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and also conspiracy toy commit terrorism. the nigerian grat witt student turned accused suits bomber is acteding as his own attorney and umar farouk abdulmutallab shown he is defind. during jury selection he invoked his meant, jihad mentor, recently killed in an air