Day 17 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Monday, Oct. 23

Two Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released on Monday, Al-Monitor has learned. Qatar and Egypt have been engaged in mediation efforts with Hamas since Oct. 7.Rina Bassist, Adam Lucente, Ezgi Akin, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Jack Dutton, Beatrice Farhat, Jared Szuba, Ben Caspit and Al-Monitor’s contributors on the ground in Gaza contributed to this blog.

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