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Hamas released two additional hostages Monday, according to the group and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the New York Times is reporting. Their release, which Hamas said was for “humanitarian and health reasons,” came three days after the group set free an Israeli-American mother and daughter. More than 200 others are believed to still be held. “We facilitated the release of two more hostages, transporting them out of Gaza this evening,” the ICRC said in a statement.
In a joint statement Sunday, Biden and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy urged Israel to protect civilians as it defended itself, and called for the release of all hostages believed to be held in Gaza. The Gaza Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 436 people “in the past hours,” bringing the death toll to more than 5,000 since Oct. 7, when Israel began retaliating for an attack by the Hamas militant group that killed 1,400 people.
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