‘In Response to Qatari Efforts, Humanitarian Reasons’: Hamas Releases Two US Hostages – News18
Rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. (Image: AP/File)
Hamas said its armed wing has released two American citizens, a mother and her daughter, from at least 200 captives abducted during the attacks in Israel on October 7
The Hamas militant group ruling the Gaza Strip said on Friday that its armed wing has released two American hostages, from at least 200 abducted in attacks in Israel on October 7. “In response to Qatari efforts, (Ezzedine) al-Qassam Brigades released two American citizens (a mother and her daughter) for humanitarian reasons,” Hamas said in a statement posted on Telegram.
The Islamist group did not detail how or when the hostages were released. Earlier in the day, the Israeli military said most of those abducted to Gaza were still alive. “The majority of the hostages are alive. There were also dead bodies that were taken… to the Gaza Strip,” an army statement read.
The military said more than 20 hostages were minors, while between 10 and 20 were over the age of 60. There are also between 100 and 200 people considered missing since the Hamas attacks, the army added.
On October 7, the militant group carried out a deadly assault on Israel, the worst in the country’s 75-year history, killing more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians. Israel has responded with a relentless bombardment that has killed at least 4,137 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)
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