• Negotiations to extend the Israel-Hamas ceasefire are reaching a feverish point as the ceasefire is set to expire in 45 minutes. • Israel has told its military to be prepared for combat in case the truce is not extended. • Hamas posted on Telegram telling its militants to remain in readiness posture.

After a long delay, ten Israeli hostages have been reportedly handed over to the Red Cross. Per the spokesman of the Qatari Foreign Ministry, the release includes dual nationals, including 1 Dutch, 3 Germans, and 1 American.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat who is the highest-ranked Jewish elected official in the U.S., warned Wednesday that antisemitism in the United States has reached levels unseen in generations and called on his fellow Democrats to clearly condemn it.

In a heart-wrenching development, Israel is currently investigating claims made by Hamas regarding the fate of Kfir Babis, a 10-month-old baby who was abducted and taken into Gaza by the terrorist group.

The condition of eight of the ten hostages released from captivity in Gaza on Tuesday evening is “complex but stable,” including that of Mia Leimberg, 17, the youngest hostage of the group.

The release of the fifth group of hostages held by Hamas commenced this evening, Tuesday. The ten hostages earmarked for release are currently in the process of being transferred to the Red Cross. They are expected to return to Israel later tonight.

The IDF released for publication on Tuesday that it has informed three families of IDF soldiers who were thought to have been abducted to Gaza that they were murdered by Hamas on October 7th and their bodies are being held by the terror group in Gaza.

Hamas terrorists detonated three explosive devices near IDF soldiers in two locations in the northern Gaza Strip in the past hour and in one incident, opened gunfire at soldiers, in violation of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The Prime Minister’s Office has announced that authorities have notified the families of hostages scheduled for release in the coming hours. A total of 11 Israeli hostages are set to be released tonight. Among them are nine children and two women who are the mothers of some of the children.

Montreal Police are investigating an incident where a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a Jewish community center in the Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough early Monday morning.