Hamas Frees Two Elderly Women in Latest Gaza Hostage Release
- Release follows earlier release of American mother, daughter
- Israel pressed to focus on hostages and delay ground attack
Photographs of some of those taken hostage by Hamas on display in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Hamas militants freed two more hostages, both elderly women, from the Gaza Strip on Monday, signaling that efforts focused on winning the freedom of the more than 200 people seized in the deadly Oct. 7 raid into Israel may be bearing fruit.
The hostages were turned over to the International Committee of the Red Cross and were on their way home, the ICRC said in a statement. The women had been seized along with their husbands, who weren’t released, according to the Associated Press.