Two American hostages were freed by the Hamas

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Two American hostages who were captured during a surprise attack on Israel have been freed.

The ongoing intensive diplomatic efforts to alleviate tensions between Israel and Palestine and deliver humanitarian aid to civilians are yielding positive results. 

Israeli prime minister’s office named the woman and her daughter as mother and daughter Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Shoshana Raanan who were snatched by Hamas militants from the Nahal Oz kibbutz in southern Israel on the 7th of October. 

Their release follows a whirlwind visit to Israel by US President, Joe Biden this week ahead of a possible ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli troops that is intended to destroy Hamas’s ability to launch terrorist attacks but risks widening the war and further harming civilians.

Biden had put the release of American hostages high on his agenda since the start of the war — and said on Friday he was “overjoyed” that they would be reunited with their families. The president also said the US had “not ceased our efforts to secure the release of those who are still being held”, and thanked Qatar and Israel “for their partnership in this work”.

哈馬斯釋放了兩名美國人質

在以色列的突襲中被俘的兩名美國人質已獲釋。

為緩解以色列和巴勒斯坦之間的緊張局勢以及向平民提供人道主義援助而持續進行的密集外交努力正在取得積極成果。

以色列總理辦公室將這名婦女和她的女兒命名為朱迪思·泰·拉南(Judith Tai Raanan) 和娜塔莉·肖莎娜·拉南(Natalie Shoshana Raanan) 母女，她們於10 月7 日在以色列南部的納哈爾·奧茲基布茲(Nahal Oz kibbutz) 被哈馬斯武裝分子抓走。

他們的釋放是在美國總統拜登本週對以色列進行旋風式訪問之後，以色列軍隊可能對加薩進行地面入侵，其目的是摧毀哈馬斯發動恐怖襲擊的能力，但有可能擴大戰爭並進一步傷害平民。 自戰爭爆發以來，拜登一直將釋放美國人質列為他的首要議程，並在週五表示，他對他們將與家人團聚感到「欣喜若狂」。 總統還表示，美國“沒有停止努力確保那些仍被關押的人獲釋”，並感謝卡達和以色列“在這項工作中的合作”。