Israel's Channel 13 News said Israel had confirmed the release of two hostages.
Palestinians gather around residential buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes in Zahra City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City, October 19, 2023.Hamas said on Friday it had released two US hostages, a mother and daughter, for “humanitarian reasons” and to send a message to US President Joe Biden, who has staunchly backed Israel’s war against it in Gaza.
Israel’s Channel 13 News said Israel had confirmed the release of two hostages but gave no further details. An Israeli army statement earlier in the day said a majority of the hostages were alive. At least 4 137 Palestinians have been killed, including hundreds of children, and 13 000 wounded in Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry said.Israel has amassed tanks and troops near the perimeter of Gaza for an expected ground invasion.“We will topple the Hamas organisation. We will destroy its military and governing infrastructure. It’s a phase that will not be easy. It will have a price,” he told a parliamentary committee.
Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office said 18 Christian Palestinians had been killed, while the health ministry later gave a toll of 16. In Zahra, a northern Gaza town, residents said their entire district of some 25 apartment buildings was razed. The United Nations humanitarian affairs office said more than 140 000 homes – nearly a third of all homes in Gaza – have been damaged, with nearly 13 000 completely destroyed.Rescue workers were combing through the wreckage of a house in the main southern city, Khan Younis, for survivors. One carried the limp body of a child.
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