Sources: Hamas releases two Israeli hostages

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Hamas has released two more of the hostages it kidnapped from Israel during the October 7th terrorist attack, according to multiple sources. Plus, the United Nations is calling the situation in Gaza hospitals “dire” as a low rate of humanitarian aid trucks have entered Gaza. Also, according to sources, intelligence shows Iranian-backed militias are ready to ramp up attacks against U.S. forces. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/-lB8n-bJ To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:03.0	Welcome to the lead.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead.
0:12.0	I'm Jake Tapper live on a rooftop overlooking Tel Aviv Israel
0:16.8	it is just after 11 p.m. here and it has been 16 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas caught this country and frankly much of the world
0:26.9	By complete surprise we're gonna start tonight with breaking news Hamas has released two more of the hostages a kidnapped from Israel during its
0:36.0	October 7th terrorist attack that's according to multiple sources who say
0:40.0	that the hostages are Nuret Cooper and Yauchabed Lifshitz.
0:46.0	The Lifshitz family said in a statement that the women were handed over to the Red Cross
0:50.6	and will shortly return to Israel.
0:53.5	We happened to be at the time with Israeli Defense Forces
0:57.3	spokesman Jonathan Conricus when the news came in
1:00.7	and this is part of his reaction.
1:03.0	They are differentiating, distinguishing between only Israelis and double citizens or perhaps only foreigners,
1:12.0	which rings familiar for me as a Jew and as a third-generation
1:16.8	Holocaust survivor, rings familiar from other times in our history.
1:22.0	Israel believes around 220 people. history. of those kidnapping victims are Americans.
1:33.0	The U.S. official told CNN today
1:35.0	that Israel believes at least some of the American hostages are still alive
1:39.0	and sources say that the U.S. has been pushing Israel
1:42.0	to continue delaying its ground incursion into Gaza to allow more
1:46.5	time to get hostages out as well as allowing crucial humanitarian relief into Gaza.
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