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Our top stories. The Red Cross said that it had facilitated the release of two more hostages

taken by Hamas and had transported them out of Gaza on Monday evening.

According to media reports they are elderly Israeli women.

On Friday the militant group freed two other hostages,

an American Israeli mother and daughter.

Hamas is still holding more than 200 people in Gaza, according to the Israel Defence Forces.

More than 5,000 people have died in the enclave since October 7th, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health.

Israel has ramped up airstrikes, claiming to have hit 320 targets in 24 hours ahead of an expected ground invasion.

Chevron, an energy giant, will buy Hesse Corporation a smaller American oil firm in a 53 billion

dollar all-stock deal betting on America's shale patch and increasing its footprint in oil-rich Guyana. Recently Supermajor's shale ambitions

have grown as it has become more profitable. Earlier this month, Exxon Mobile, another major, said it would acquire a pioneer for $60 billion in one of the biggest oil mergers ever.

America's 10-year Treasury yields

rose above 5% for the first time since 2007

as investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer,

to keep inflation down.

America's economy has proved surprisingly resilient to tie to monetary policy, suggesting a delayed

path to interest rate cuts.

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