The military wing of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it has released two more female captives on humanitarian grounds.
Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades, made the announcement in a post on his Telegram channel on Monday, saying, “We decided to release them on humanitarian and health grounds.”
Al-Qassam Brigades also said in a statement that the two Israeli women, identified as Nurit Yitzhak and Yochved Lifshitz, were released through Egyptian mediation, the Palestinian Information Center reported.
The statement added that these were the same two captives that Israeli authorities had previously refused to accept receiving them, accusing the occupying regime of ignoring the situation of its captives.
“We decided to release them for compelling humanitarian and medical reasons despite the occupation committing more than eight violations of the procedures that were agreed upon with mediators,” the statement said.
