The terrorist group said yesterday that it had freed two other women who had been kidnapped since the attacks began. There are still 222 people kidnapped.
Hostages. Two other women released by Hamas join the mother and daughter who were also released last Friday.
Washington – US President Joe Biden said yesterday that there can only be talk of a ceasefire in Gaza if the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas releases all the hostages kidnapped in Israel during the October 7 attack.
“The hostages must be released, then we can talk…” he said at the White House when asked if he would support a “hostages ceasefire” agreement. Shortly before, Hamas claimed to have freed two other women kidnapped in Israel. On Friday he released his American mother and daughter, Judith and Natalie Raanan.
Israel on Monday increased the number of confirmed hostages to 222 people captured when Hamas gunmen crossed the border and attacked kibbutzim, towns and military bases in southern Israel.
Israeli authorities say more than 1,400 people have been killed, mostly civilians, in the Hamas attack on October 7, the worst since Israel’s creation in 1948. In Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says more More than 5,000 people, most of them also civilians, have been killed during Israel’s retaliation.
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Biden also referred to a phone call with Pope Francis on Sunday about the war between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
“The Pope and I agree; “He was very, very, very interested in what we were doing,” Biden said.
The American president claims to have explained “the strategy” to him.
“The Pope supported us in general,” he added.
AFP Agency
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