The two freed hostages who were released by Hamas have landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, with footage showing soldiers carrying the women on stretchers from a helicopter into Ichilov hospital. Follow live.
Jerusalem-based politician and doctor, Mustafa Barghouti, says Hamas is ready to release more hostages, particularly those holding dual citizenship.
The United Nations World Food Program spokesperson Ali Zaki says the agency has more trucks waiting by the border between Egypt and Gaza and is prepared to deliver further supplies as soon as the trucks are allowed through. "What we're also doing is we are aware that we cannot reach all the shelters every single day. And so, based on the capacity of the bakeries and based on the capacity of the distribution on the ground, we prioritize shelters that had not received in the previous day, for example. So, we try to make sure that nobody goes too long without having received any form of aid.
He said any delay in a ground offensive gave both sides the opportunity to use the hostages as bargaining chips."From the Hamas negotiators' perspective I'd be saying, 'hey, if you hold off, if you don't come in, we will release some more hostages,' and on the Israeli side, 'we may hold off if you release some hostages'."Yesterday, chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari confirmed in a televised briefing that 222 were being held hostage.
"It's pretty cruel what's happening and again, I really hope that there is a cease-fire agreed upon as soon as possible, so that the hostages can return home safe and sound to the families who are so much waiting for them."US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says the United States is "very gratified" about the release of the two Israeli women
A US priority is to gain time for negotiations to free other hostages, especially after Friday's unexpected release of Americans Judith and Natalie Raanan, said the sources, who spoke before the recent hostage release. "I renew my condolences to the children and family. For Italy another day of mourning," the minister wrote, in another post on X.
"Hamas wants us to deal with the captives and wants the military to not go in to eliminate their infrastructure. That will not happen," he added.An Australian man and his family are trapped in southern Gaza, after three failed attempts to escape the territory that is under intensifying aerial bombardment by Israeli forces.
He said even though his family survived the destruction, their mental state was "beyond horrible", with their wider families displaced from "lifelong houses we grew up in"."We are terrified that we may not live until tomorrow … we are just recovering from a shocking bombing of a house 200 metres away in Al-Jnaina neighbourhood in Rafah," he said.
Ms Dujarric said the United Nations was pushing for fuel deliveries so the UN agency providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza, UNRWA, could continue operating. Mr Miller said the possible diversion of fuel by Hamas was an "issue that we are discussing now with Israeli authorities." Journalist Shadi Abu Ahmed has five boys and two daughters, and told ABC journalist Nicole Johnston that he feels unable to help them, or explain when it will all end.
His children also ask what will be next and if they have to spend their days looking for bread and water.A statement from the Israeli prime ministers' office says Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz have been handed over to the Israeli military and are on their way to a medical facility in Israel. In a brief statement last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said: "We will not refer to false propaganda by Hamas."The grandson of Yocheved Lifshitz says that he felt happy that his grandmother was coming back, and expected "more improvements to all of the captives from our Kibbutz.
"There's 30 children in there at the moment so hopefully all the children and all the women will be released," he said."It seems to me that the view of Hamas, the strategy if there is one, is that in a way they probably view the hostages as leverage."'Don't be a hero': Last words spoken before Omri was taken captive by HamasAmong the hostages still being held in Gaza is is 46-year-old Omri Miran, who lived in the kibbutz of Nahal Oz near the Gaza border.
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