11:20 IST: Israeli military intelligence analysis website Debkafile says Israeli security men are assisting the Kenyan military operation against the attackers.
11:00 IST: Kenya's Standard newspaper reports three women have been rescued after hiding in the shopping centre overnight. Other people are still inside, the paper says.
10:54 IST: Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent for The Independent says a man named Joshua Hakim, who was part of a group that had guns pointed at them, put his thumb over his first name on his identity card and was allowed to leave by the militants.
