Two American hostages abducted by Hamas in early October have been released “for humanitarian reasons”, the terrorist group announced Friday.
They were enjoying a “really special” trip to Israel to celebrate a relative’s birthday and observe the Jewish holiday season when the Hamas war started, their rabbi, Meir Hecht, told the outlet.The same source also confirmed that there were no exchanges involved in the release, the outlet noted.“The majority of the hostages are alive. There were also dead bodies that were taken … to the Gaza Strip,” an army statement said.
It comes after Israel‘s defence chief Yoav Gallant told troops they will soon see Gaza “from the inside.”Israeli troops and tanks have been amassed near the border early this morning amid fears a full-scale ground invasion is looming. Some 175 lorries crammed with vital medicines, food, and water stretched into the distance at the Rafah crossing with Egypt, which has removed concrete roadblocks and is scrambling to repair the route into besieged Gaza — the only one not controlled by Israel.
Embracing frontline soldiers and clad in body armour, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged them to “fight like lions” and “win with full force”. The UN says more than one million of Gaza’s 2.4 million people are displaced, with the humanitarian situation “beyond catastrophic” and deteriorating daily.
IDF soldiers move through neighbourhoods destroyed by Hamas militants. On the other side of the conflict, the full horror of what Israel suffered on October 7 and following days was still emerging, as traumatised residents recounted their stories.
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