More than two weeks after the major attack on Israel, the terrorist group Hamas has apparently released two more hostages. Hamas itself announced this. Anonymous Israeli sources also confirmed this to various international media.
An official confirmation – for example from Israel – was still pending on Monday evening. The American broadcaster CNN and the “Jerusalem Post” have already confirmed the publications.
Both women were handed over to the Red Cross
The release of the two older women is said to have been mediated by Qatar and Egypt. The hostages were released “despite the crimes of the occupation” for “humanitarian reasons,” the Hamas spokesman said. According to the Jerusalem Post, the two women have been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross. The organization then took the women to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza. There they were received by Israeli security officials.
On Friday, a mother and her daughter were surprisingly released. Qatar had brokered the release of the two American citizens.
Do you plan to release 50 Hamas hostages?
Previously, there were media reports of a possible imminent release of 50 hostages. Initially there was no confirmation of this, either from the US government or the International Red Cross.
Terrorists on behalf of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, carried out a massacre of civilians in Israel on October 7. More than 1,400 people died during and in the following days. At least 222 others were forcibly taken to the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli military.
Source: Krone
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