1 of 1 Family members of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas protest with a dining table with empty chairs symbolically representing the hostages Photo: Portal/Janis Laizans Family members of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas protest with a dining table with empty chairs symbolically representing the hostages the hostages Photo: Portal/Janis Laizans
A Hamas spokesman said that two women who were among the 203 hostages held by the terrorist group were released this Friday (20). The Israeli press says that the country’s government has confirmed the publications. For the first time since the war between Hamas and Israel began.
According to the spokesman for AlQassam, the terrorist group’s armed wing The freed hostages are a mother and her daughter, both of whom are United States citizens. Her age was disclosed until this report was last updated.
The terror group said the two were released on humanitarian grounds after negotiations with Qatari government authorities.
The United States and Qatar had not commented as of this report’s last update. The CNN International network, based on Israeli government sources, stated that the Two hostages were taken away from Gaza on Friday afternoon.
The Israeli government also had not yet released details of the release, but said Friday that it had information, most of it 203 people taken hostage by Hamas were alive.
The majority of the hostages are Israelis, but according to the Israel Defense Forces, the hostages also include citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Italy and Brazil.
Itamaraty says he has received no communication about Brazilians among those abducted.
Hamas announces release of two hostages