The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday confirmed two women held hostage in Gaza have been released by Hamas.
Israeli media ID’s those released as Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday confirmed two women held hostage in Gaza have been released by Hamas.
It was the second time the group has freed hostages seized in its bloody Oct. 7 cross-border incursion into Israel.
The hostages were identified by Israeli media as Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper of the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz.
📢 We facilitated the release of 2 more hostages, transporting them out of <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Gaza</a> this evening.<br><br>Our role as a neutral intermediary makes this work possible & we are ready to facilitate any future release.<br><br>We hope that they will soon be back with their loved ones.
—@ICRC
More to come