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two hostages have been released by hamas. they are yocheved lifshitz and nurit yitzhak, two elderly women, according to a source. a release falling mediation by cutter and egypt. they were taken out of gaza by the red cross. the source telling nbc news that they are in good health. one of the hostages was in dire need of medication. you can see here, according to the times in israel, she was a founder of the of some of the most horrific violence that was inflicted upon israelis and the terrorisattack of october 7 by hamas. lifshitz is his peace activist who readily transported patients from gaza for medical treatment inside israel. her husband is believed to still be held captive i hamas. the release of two hostages comes days after two americans, judith and natalie were free from hamas on friday. this is where we start the hour with josh letterman. former cia director, senior national kersey as, john brennan is back. and then we have john hudson with us. with us at the ....
212. the gaza health ministry says around 4,400 gazans mainly civilians have been killed since then in israeli air strikes. that include 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas there. hamas governs gaza and is labelled a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. meanwhile, overnight the israeli defense forces said one of its aircraft targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the west bank. israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. the un s humanitarian chief says talks have been taking place to allow a second aid convoy into gaza later after two weeks in which israel stopped supplies of food, water and medicine entering gaza. on saturday, agreement was reached to allow 20 lorries carrying supplies to cross the rafah border from egypt. but as greg mac ....
the idf says the campaign is intended to reduce the risk to israeli forces when they enter the next phase of the war. translation: we ll deepen our strikes. l we ll minimise the risks to our forces in the next stages of the war, and we re going to increase the attacks from today. we ll increase the attacks, and therefore i call on gaza city residents specifically to continue moving south for their safety. well, 20 trucks carrying medicines and food were allowed to cross from egypt into gaza saturday, bringing desperately needed supplies to the territory s besieged residents. the rafah crossing has been closed since hamas carried out its bloody attack in israel two weeks ago, and aid agencies say the situation in gaza is now catastrophic, with the territory under siege and constant israeli bombardment. the convoy that entered gaza was carrying food, water and medicine, which have been running out. but israel refused to allow in fuel needed to power hospital generators an ....
in syria, in lebanon, and a rare strike in the west bank destroying a mosque. an israeli soldier killed today during a raid inside gaza. more than 300,000 more israeli troops now waiting for the order to attack gaza on the ground. from the air, a relentless israeli barrage. palestinians digging with hands as they search for victims. innocent lives at risk with just a trickle of food and water making it into gaza. in the north, more israelis evacuated from the border with lebanon, and the hostages, two americans are free but more than 200 israelis are still believed to be held by hamas. matt gutman reporting from tel aviv. britt clennett on the border with lebanon. the u.s. military repositioning a carrier strike group to the middle east and new missile batteries also on the way. president biden speaking once again with prime minister netanyahu, and tonight, an official telling abc news the u.s. is urging caution on a ground invasion, concerned about americans still in ....
hostages, celebrate their release some 200 others still being held against their will, plus the biden administration sending a critical. a package, congress how does it get approved without republicans elected house speaker, the gop s de facto leader facing new legal problems true former lawyer. strike deals green, testify against donald trump in georgia this is american voices. just! i m alicia menendez, as the israel-hamas war. enters its third week much-needed humanitarian aid, moved to the gaza strip today 20 trucks. carrying, humanitarian supplies and from gaza at the rafah border crossing with egypt of this comes at a crucial. time palestinians in gaza have, been running out of food comes out of clean water, unicef or. installs water production capacity is at just 5% of normal levels airstrikes to dismantle as much of. gazis infrastructure including the sanitation systems that filtered drinking. water for the more than 2 million people who live there the united na ....