operations have resumed after a deadline to extend the seven-day long truce expired, an hour ago this. dashing hopes for the release of more hostages from hamas. according to the idf, hamas violated the truce by fired a rocket to israeli territory an hour before the deadline. it was intercepted by israeli air defenses. hamas officials in gaza report israeli aircraft now over gaza with the sound of a taylor fire in the north. the operational pause was extended on thursday after a last-minute deal, and despite israel s demands for ten hostages released daily, hamas released eight. according to israeli official two women were set free initially, followed by another six just hours later who are being held in a separate location in gaza. it s also thursday, another 30 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons, as part of the agreement with hasse. many had been held under detention, and never officially discharged. new reporting for the new york times that i