HAMAS released two American hostages held in Gaza on Friday, offering a 'sliver of hope' to desperate families, as Israel pounded the densely-populated territory where millions are still awaiting promised aid deliveries.
The Islamist group took more than 200 people hostage when it stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials.
There was little progress on that front however, with trucks carrying relief the United Nations calls a 'lifeline' still stuck on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza.There had been hope aid would begin to trickle across Friday, but Biden said he now expected movement to begin in the 'next 24 to 48 hours.
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