Two captives out of the 222 hostages Hamas abducted on October 7 were released from Gaza to Egypt on Monday night. Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper (also known as Nurit Yitzhak) who were held hostages by Palestinian Hamas militants, are released by the militants, in this video screengrab obtained by Reuters on October 23, 2023. First hostages released last weekJudith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, US citizens who were taken as hostages by Palestinian Hamas militants, walk while holding hands with Brig.-Gen. (credit: Government of Israel/Handout via REUTERS)Last Friday, Hamas released two American-Israeli hostages, Judith Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie, 17. The mother and daughter were transferred from Hamas to the Red Cross, then to the Israeli border and into Israeli hands.

Source: New York Times October 23, 2023 14:48 UTC