Hamas freed two American citizens who were being held hostage in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration informed on Friday that two American hostages, a mother and daughter who were captured during the attack on southern Israel on October 7, were released by Hamas.
Judith Tai Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie, 17, were turned up to Israeli forces at the Gaza Strip border on Friday. They are the first hostages whose release by Hamas has been confirmed by both sides since the most recent outbreak of Arab-Israeli carnage.
The Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades' spokesperson, for the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Ubaida, first announced the release, and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu later confirmed it in a statement.
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UK PM met Egypt's President and Palestine's President in Cairo on Friday
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