Husic calls for ‘a more strategic and precise way to target Hamas’; Israeli to step up strikes on Gaza. Follow updates here.
Israel is under rising American and European pressure to delay a ground offensive into Gaza to give negotiators more time to win freedom for Hamas-held hostages. Hamas on Saturday night said it was prepared to release two hostages on Sunday, using the same procedures that followed the release of two hostages on Friday. An American mother and teenage daughter became the first hostages to be released by Hamas late on Friday after mediation by Qatari negotiators.
Joe Biden said he was “overjoyed” by the release and was working “around the clock” to win the return of other Americans being held. Israel has vowed to wipe Hamas out after it sent gunmen across the border, killing 1,400 Israelis, and has put its troops on stand-by for an imminent ground offensive. But there are fears for the fate of the hostages seized in the raids when an invasion begins. At least 10 other Americans are still being held, along with a similar number of UK nationals.
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