Title: Hostage Situation at a Bank in Hamra

A hostage situation is unfolding at "Federal Bank" in the Hamra area, where employees and customers have been taken hostage. Details reveal that an armed individual has entered, demanding the release of his funds amounting to 209 thousand dollars. He is wielding a military-grade weapon and is carrying gasoline, threatening to set himself on fire and harm those inside the branch. The assailant has also pointed the weapon at the branch manager. Security forces and the army have arrived at the location, but they have not entered the branch due to it being locked by the assailant.