Kathmandu: Two elderly women released from Hamas captivity.

A video from the al-Qassam Brigades – Hamas’s military arm – shows the moment when the civilian hostages Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were released on Monday, following Egyptian-Qatari mediation efforts.

The two elderly women are seen being delivered, in the dark, to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Development : Hamas-isrel war Day 17th

■ Some 220 people still held hostage in Gaza, IDF says, including foreign nationals

■ Tensions resume on the northern border as army strikes Hezbollah cell

■ Third aid convoy enters Rafah crossing into Gaza

■ At least 1,300 have been killed by Hamas since October 7

■ Hamas-run health ministry: 4,380 Palestinians killed, 13,000 wounded

People listen to speeches during a demonstration against antisemitism and to show solidarity with Israel in Berlin, on Sunday.Credit: Markus Schreiber /AP

Israeli soldiers take a defensive position in Kibbutz Beeri along the border with the Gaza Strip, Sunday. – AFP

• Biden on possible ceasefire: ‘Have those hostages released and then we can talk’
• Two Israeli hostages, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz and 79-year-old Nurit Cooper, released by Hamas
• White House: U.S. has every intention of keeping Saudi-Israeli normalization efforts going, U.S. not dictating terms of Gaza offensive
• U.S. troops in Syria attacked by drones, no injuries reported
• RECAP: Two wounded by rocket fire in northern Israel as IDF intercept drones from Lebanon; UN warns of spread of disease in Gaza
• U.K. PM Sunak: Al-Ahli Hospital blast likely caused by missile from Gaza; says will provide additional 20 million pounds in aid to Gazans
• Palestinian Health Ministry: 5,087 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war
• IDF intercepts two drones from Lebanon that penetrated Israeli airspace
• ‘Relied too heavily on Hamas claims:’ New York Times publishes correction over coverage of Gaza hospital blast
• Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: ‘I too bear responsibility’
• Israeli army: There are 222 hostages held by Hamas, including foreign nationals
• Cpl. Tamir Barak named as IDF soldier who was killed Sunday by a Hamas anti-tank missile