it s tuesday, october the 24th. our main story. two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. the women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 o clock local time last night. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the details. freed after more than two weeks in captivity. in a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the international committee of the red cross. not before 85 year old yocheved lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. hamas is designated a terrorist group
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