US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on a visit to Israel, stressed that his immediate focus is working with its partners to extend the pause, to continue to get more hostages released out of Gaza.
As Israel announced a one-day extension in the Israel-Hamas truce deal, the Hamas terror group released six more Israeli hostages to Egypt via the Rafah crossing on Thursday night.
The duo exited a car at the entrance to Jerusalem and opened fire at a group of civilians waiting at a bus stop, surveillance footage shared by a Times of Israel correspondent showed.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday announced that the operational pause in the Gaza Strip will continue amid the mediator's efforts to continue the process of releasing the hostages and subject to the terms of the framework.
Religious leaders from Israel's Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze communities gathered at the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Wednesday to pray and call for the return of all the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
The IDF on Tuesday revealed that three soldiers previously thought held captive by Hamas were in fact killed during the October 7 attack. The IDF said their bodies were taken to Gaza by Hamas.
Relatives of Israelis abducted by Hamas last month assembled outside the headquarters of the American Red Cross in DC on Sunday to urge the international community to maintain pressure and demand the release of their family members.
The President was accompanied in the meeting by representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Musk earlier met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and toured with him the areas destroyed by Hamas attack.
Israel's Prisons Service concluded the third phase of the release of security prisoners, as part of the "Heaven's Doors" operation to return home Israeli hostages during the four-day Gaza ceasefire.