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The Israel police said a man in his 70s has died in the hospital, bringing the death toll from the shooting in Jersualem to two.

Earlier, we reported that a 24-year-old woman has died. Seven other casualties have been taken to hospitals.

The police said two attackers opened fire at a bus station in the outskirts of Jerusalem during the morning rush hour. The police said they received the initial reports at 07:40 local time (05:40 GMT).

"I was at home when I heard the shooting and immediately [went to] the scene. I saw a number of casualties on scene, some were lying and some were walking," said Moshe Hemed, a worker with Israel's emergency services.

The two suspects were later "neutralised by security forces and a nearby civilian", the police said.

Police have sealed off the scene of the attack.

Image source, Israel Police

Image source, Israel Police

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Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the temporary truce in Gaza, just minutes before it was due to expire.

The pause in fighting was due to expire at 05:00 GMT, but the Israeli military says it will now be extended "in light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing the hostages" taken by Hamas.

Here's the latest developments:

• Mediator Qatar says negotiations between Hamas and Israel will continue for another day
• The conditions of the ceasefire, which includes the halt of hostilities and allowing humanitarian aid in, remain the same, Qatar says
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv as part of efforts to prolong the pause in fighting
• Last night, 16 more hostages taken captive by Hamas were released, as were 30 Palestinians
• About 145 people remain in captivity
• A woman has died and eight people were wounded in a shooting in Jerusalem, Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said

Stay with us for more.

We're hearing more about the shooting in Jerusalem. Israel's emergency services, the MDA, says a 24-year-old woman has died as a result of the attack.

It added that eight people are being evacuated to hospitals. Five of them are in serious condition, one is in moderate condition, and two sustained mild injuries.

The Israeli foreign minister said that "two heavily armed" attackers were neutralised. We still have no details on who they were.

Israel's national emergency service, the MDA says a shooting at a bus stop in Jerusalem has injured seven people, external, two of whom are in critical condition and being attended to on site.

The remaining five have been sent to hospital.

There were two shooters who have been "neutralised".

It is unclear who is behind the attack.

Barbara Plett Usher
Reporting from Washington

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The father of an American man held hostage in Gaza says Israel and Hamas should expand the category of those eligible for release.

Ronen Neutra said that while children should remain at the forefront, there was room to bring “elderly men, young men, soldiers” into the mix.

Neutra’s son Omer, 22, is a dual-national and a member of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stationed in southern Israel.

He’d told his parents the night before the attack that he thought it would be a quiet weekend.

Instead, he was among the first troops to confront Hamas militants as they crossed the border into Israel from Gaza, his mother said. His tank was hit by rocket propelled grenades, and Hamas released video of his team being pulled out of it.

The CIA Director William Burns has been pushing for broadening the focus of hostage negotiations in this way, according to media reports.

The Neutras are visiting Washington DC with the parents of two other captive IDF soldiers - and the relatives of Avigail Idan, a four-year-old American child released this week.

They are meeting administration officials and testifying on Capitol Hill, pushing as hard as they can for the release of US hostages. A dual US-Israeli national was released tonight - Liat Atzili.

The Gaza truce was extended after Hamas gave Israel a new list of women and child hostages to be released "a short time ago", the Israel Hayom newspaper reported, quoting the Prime Minister's Office.

The newspaper added on X that Israel's war cabinet had "uninamously" decided on Wednesday night that fighting would "resume immediately" if Hamas did not deliver a new list.

Israel's announcement that the truce would be extended was made with minutes to go before it expired.

Mediating nation Qatar confirmed on Thursday that the truce would continue for another day.

"Palestinian and Israeli sides have reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip for an additional day under the existing conditions, which are a cessation of all military activities and the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza," Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Majed Al Ansari said in a statement.

Qatar was engaged in intense negotiations, with support from Egypt and the United States, to extend the truce in Gaza, which was due to end this morning.

Israel and Hamas agreed to the truce last Wednesday.

As of last night, 102 hostages have been freed, while 210 Palestinians prisoners have been released.

Hundreds of lorries of humanitarian aid, medical supplies and fuel have also been allowed into Gaza.

Image source, Reuters

Hamas has said it has agreed to extend its truce with Israel for a seventh day, the Reuters news agency reported.

This comes after the Israel Defense Forces said the truce would continue, without specifying for how long.

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

This will be subject to the terms of the agreement, it added.

A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says those wanting to see an extension of the six-day truce must place pressure on Hamas.

Mark Regev tells the BBC that Israel is willing to continue the ceasefire “as long as Hamas continues to release hostages”.

“Pressure must be placed on Hamas. If they continue to release hostages, then the pause can continue,” he says.

Asked about violence in the occupied West Bank, after the Palestinian Authority said two children were killed by Israeli gunfire in Jenin, Regev says he did not have details of the alleged incident, but that Israeli forces have been “very energetically” tackling what he describes as terrorism there.

“We’ve been taking the fight to the terrorists, and we’ve been dealing with the threat,” he says. “Sometimes there are gunfights, sometimes people are killed.”

Ayeshea Perera
Live editor, Singapore

It's just gone 06:40 in Israel and Gaza and 12:40 in Singapore where we have taken over this live page from our colleagues in London. The fragile truce of the last six days is due to end within the hour and we have still not heard if it will be extended. Both Israel and Hamas have said they are ready to resume fighting but there is intense pressure on both to extend the ceasefire.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv seeking a longer pause in hostilities. This is his third visit to the region in less than two months.

Here are some other key developments over the last few hours.

• Hamas says that Israel refused to accept another seven hostages as well as the bodies of two young children and their mother who they say were killed in an Israeli air strike. Israel has not yet responded to these allegations. Twelve Israeli and four Thai hostages were freed on Wednesday
• Israel freed 30 Palestinian prisoners including activist Ahed Tamimi
• Israel's war cabinet met late into Wednesday night although the outcome of that meeting has not yet been made public
• Seventeen freed Thais are due to return home later after being held hostage in Gaza for nearly 50 days. They will be accompanied by Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara
• China has released a white paper calling for a consensus among UN Security Council members to play an active and constructive role to end the conflict, although it did not directly mention Israel or Hamas. Today is the last day of Beijing's presidency of the security council

Patrick Jackson
BBC News

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It's just gone 03:00 in Israel and Gaza, and 01:00 here in London. We are still waiting to hear tonight whether the fragile six-day truce in this devastating war between Israel and Hamas, called to allow for the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, will be extended.

Here are some key news points from the past few hours:

More hostages return to Israel

• Two Israeli-Russian hostages were handed back to Israel on Wednesday
• Later, 10 other Israeli hostages were returned in an arrangement facilitated by humanitarian organisation the International Committee of the Red Cross. Four Thais were also freed
• Israel says it released 30 Palestinian prisoners in return. Qatar said earlier that this group would comprise 16 minors and 14 women - but we do not yet know who they are

Two children killed in the West Bank

• Two Palestinian boys - Adam al-Ghoul (8) and Basel Abulwafa (14) - were killed in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank
• The Palestinian Authority says the pair were killed by Israeli troops. Israel says its forces shot at suspects throwing explosive devices, and killed two "senior terror operatives". It hasn't specifically commented on the deaths of the boys

Fate of infant hostage in question

• Hamas says the youngest hostage it was holding - a 10-month-old - was killed during an Israeli bombardment in Gaza alongside his elder brother and his mother
• Israel says it is working to verify the claim. On Tuesday, it said Hamas had passed the two young children on to "another Islamist faction"

Image source, Reuters

Local media reports suggest a bus carrying the newly freed Palestinian prisoners has been seen near Ramallah in the West Bank.

This has been the standard route over the last six days, since the truce between Israel and Hamas began.

Video shared by the Al-Arabiya TV channel shows a crowd of people surrounding the bus as it makes its way through the city of Beitunia, 3km (1.8 miles) west of Ramallah.

In the front window of the bus, you can see the logo of the Red Cross, which has been assisting with the freeing of both Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

Israel has released 30 more Palestinians, its prison service says, as part of a six-day truce between Israel and Hamas.

We're yet to hear details - names, genders, ages - of those freed.

There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas.

Earlier, another 10 Israeli hostages - and four Thai citizens - were freed by Hamas. You can find out more about them in some of our earlier posts.

Image source, Hostages and Missing Families Forum

Two 18-year-old men are among the Israelis freed from Gaza on Wednesday evening.

Itay Regev is an athlete who has just finished high school, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

He was kidnapped from the music festival in Re'im, which he attended with his sister Maya. She was released on Saturday.

Liam Or is a kindergarten teacher, football fan and chess champion, according to the forum.

Image source, Hostages and Missing Families Forum

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The top US diplomat has arrived in Israel for his third trip to the region since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on 7 October.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Tel Aviv to discuss extending the temporary truce and increasing humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip.

Image source, Hostages and Missing Families Forum

US President Joe Biden has welcomed the news that US-Israeli dual national Liat Atzili, 49, is among the hostages who've been delivered safely to Israel.

Biden said he had spoken to her mother and father. "They're very appreciative and things are moving well," he told reporters in Washington. "She'll soon be home with her three children."

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum describes Atzili as a keen traveller with a passion for nature.

She was born in Israel and is an educator at a school near the Gaza Strip as well as a youth guide.

Liat and her husband Aviv were kidnapped from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. Aviv remains in captivity.

• Read more here

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Some more information on the freed Israeli hostages now.

Two of them are mothers with health degrees.

Raaya Rotem, 54, holds a degree in Chinese acupuncture and is described by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum as a dedicated mother to her teenage daughter Hila.

She was born in Kibbutz Be’eri where she was kidnapped on 7 October alongside Hila and Hila’s friend Emily Hand - both of whom have returned from Gaza in recent days.

Yarden Roman, 36, is a physiotherapist with a master's degree in gerontology. She volunteers in her free time as a caregiver for the elderly in the kibbutz.

She is a mother to a three-year-old girl, and is described by the forum as full of compassion and empathy.

On 7 October, Roman and her family were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri and loaded into a van. They managed to escape, but were pursued by Hamas. Roman handed her daughter to her husband and the two of them fled while she was taken into Gaza.

• We've also updated this piece: Who are the released hostages?

Image source, Hostages and Missing Families Forum

While we bring you more facts about the Israeli hostages who left Gaza late on Wednesday, here are a few points regarding the Palestinians expected to be released from Israeli prisons in return:

• We don't yet have a full list of names, as we did at this time yesterday from an advocacy group
• Before the group's release, Qatar - a key mediator in the truce - put out a statement which said Wednesday night's group was going to comprise 16 minors and 14 women
• Indeed, it's mostly women and teenage boys who've been released during the six-day Israel-Hamas truce so far
• Those who've been released so far have been chosen from an original list of 300 Palestinians compiled by Israel - accused of a range of offences, from throwing stones to incitement to attempted murder
• Less than a quarter of those on the list had been convicted – the vast majority were being held on remand while awaiting trial

A statement from the Israeli security forces says the released hostages (10 Israelis and four Thai nationals) are now back in Israeli territory - accompanied by special forces troops.

The statement says the group will undergo medical tests, before being taken to hospitals - where they will be reunited with their families.