{"id":2076744,"date":"2023-10-23T15:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-israeli-hostages-released-by-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:50:20","slug":"two-israeli-hostages-released-by-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-israeli-hostages-released-by-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas Frees Two Israeli Captives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-israeli-hostages-released-by-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2076744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>An\u200c Israeli intelligence source has confirmed that two Israeli \u2062hostages \u2064who were abducted \u2063and held by Hamas terrorists \u200din Gaza have now been released.<\/p>\n<p>The hostages \u2062were reportedly released\u2062 after Qatari mediation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The two elderly women that were released were Yocheved\u2064 Lifshitz, 85, and Nurit\u2063 Yitzhak, 79. Both were taken from Kibbutz \u200dNir Oz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Hamas releases two more Israeli hostages Yocheved Lifshitz (85) and Nurit \u2064Yitzhak (80). Israel Government \u2062confirms the development. Hamas \u200dterror group says the \u2064two hostages have\u200d been released for \u201chumanitarian and health reasons\u201d after mediation from Qatar \u2063and Egypt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CVU8pK6zi\">pic.twitter.com\/5CVU8pK6zi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdityaRajKaul\/status\/1716532814798291167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Both women are said to\u200b be \u2063in \u201cpoor health \u200dconditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ladies are now \u2064in the hands of\u200b the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz are \u200cseen in ambulances after \u200cbeing released by Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Both elderly women were ripped from \u2064their homes \u200cin Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on Oct \u20637.<\/p>\n<p>Their\u2063 husbands \u200bremain hostage in Gaza along with some\u200c 220 others. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CHuASNnC2X\">pic.twitter.com\/CHuASNnC2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aviva Klompas\u2063 (@AvivaKlompas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvivaKlompas\/status\/1716539244334784907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hamas announced the release through their Telegram\u2062 channel. The terrorist organization announced that Yitzhak and Lifshitz were being released for \u201ccompelling humanitarian\u201d\u2062 reasons.<\/p>\n<p>However, both of their husbands are still\u200b being\u2062 held against \u2063their will by the terrorist\u200c group in\u2063 Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s families have also been notified\u200c that their loved ones were\u200d being freed.<\/p>\n<p>The 85-year-old\u2019s daughter, Sharone Lifshitz, spoke to reporters after her parents were taken, and she described \u200bwhat \u200cwas left \u200dof their home after\u2062 the\u200b horrific\u2063 incident took place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cTheir whole house is gone,\u201d Lifshitz said. \u200c\u201cIt\u2019s all \u2063burned, and that\u2019s the least of it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She went on\u200b to say that she\u200c was worried and unsure\u200d of\u200c how long her parents could survive without their medications.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThey\u2019re no longer the kind \u2062of people who can survive without medications,\u201d \u2064Sharone continued. \u201cMom was \u200cripped out of her machine; she was sleeping.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yitzhak\u2019s and Lifshitz\u2019s \u200drelease also\u200b comes days after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/report-2-american-hostages-released-by-hamas\/\"> \u2064 two\u200b Americans<\/a> were freed from \u200bthe terrorist organization\u2019s grip.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062is still estimated that \u2063over 200 \u200bpeople are still being held captive in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>\n<h2>\u200cHow did Qatari mediation efforts contribute to the release of the two Israeli hostages in Gaza?<\/h2>\n<p>BREAKING: Two Israeli Hostages Released by Hamas in Gaza<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli intelligence source has confirmed\u2062 the release of two Israeli hostages who were abducted and held \u200dby Hamas terrorists in Gaza. The hostages were reportedly released after Qatari \u2064mediation\u2062 efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The two elderly women who\u2062 were released\u2064 are Yocheved \u2064Lifshitz, 85, and Nurit Yitzhak, 79. \u2062Both were taken from\u200c Kibbutz Nir Oz. It is reported that both women are in poor health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas\u200b announced the\u2064 release through their Telegram channel, stating that Yitzhak and \u200bLifshitz\u200c were\u200c being released for compelling humanitarian reasons. However, their husbands are still being held<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli flag is displayed near a wall covered with pictures of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, during a recent unexpected assault on Israel. The scene is captured outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN\u2019s Sophia Flores 12:40 PM \u2013 Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2076745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hamas Frees Two Israeli Captives","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hamas Frees Two Israeli Captives","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}