Two more set free. I'm Lee Silesera Fox News. Hamas has released two elderly Israeli women

who had been held for nearly three weeks as the US and Israel worked to get all those held out.

Reports today signaled ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas to release dozens of dual

citizen hostages. However, the implementation of that deal is facing challenges.

The Israeli Defence Forces say they are working to release all of the hospitals.

Hamas is reportedly willing to negotiate the release of all those held captive except for an Israeli soldier.

Fox is Mike Tobin in southern Israel, President Biden rejected tying the freeing of

hostages to a ceasefire saying we should have those hostages freed and then we can talk as we

Hamas let an American mother and daughter go. The Pentagon sending reinforcements to

the Middle East in a show of support for Israel. The USS Eisenhower

carrier strike group is going to the Persian Gulf.

Initially it was sailing to join the Ford strike group in the eastern Mediterranean.

After Iran-backed militias fired rockets at U.S. forces. The Pentagon redirected the Eisenhower.

The US is also sending more missile defense assets

to the region.

And then on top of all that, you have a couple thousand Marines

and sailors who are ready to respond within the region and

a couple thousand more U.S. troops who have been told be prepared to leave in 24

hours if you get the order.

Boxes, Rich Edson at the Pentagon. There are now nine Republicans vying to become the next House

Speaker after Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan's been failed three times last week,

including Florida's Byron Donald.

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