Israelis continued to wait anxiously on Thursday after the proposed truce with Hamas and release of hostages was delayed. A mysterious crash on the moon left scientists wondering what created a pair of craters but new study found that it involved remnants of a Chinese rocket booster.

Mr Hand said his daughter had recounted Hamas gunmen were shouting “yala, yala, yala” in Arabic, which means “hurry, hurry, hurry”, at the hostages as they ran for their l