Morning brief: Hamas releases two more hostages, unrest in Brazil after death of crime boss, and more
Morning brief
Latest from Israel-Hamas war:The Palestinian militant group Hamas claims to have released two more female hostages abducted to the Gaza Strip from Israel during the October 7 attacks.
Hamas releases hostages: Former hostages Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper have been handed over to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) custody, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in a statement.The step was taken following Egyptian-Qatari mediation and “compelling humanitarian” reasons, said the Hamas spokesperson in a statement.
US-Russia: A former US security officer has pleaded guilty to having tried to sell secrets to Russia.Army veteran Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 31 years old, allegedly sold the information to an undercover FBI agent, who he thought was a Russian agent.
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Israel's military stated that it was preparing for "unrelenting attacks" with the aim ofdismantlingHamas. In a statement, Israeli Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi saidthat Israel had no intention of decreasing its strikes onGaza Strip and it iswell prepared for a ground assault.
The spokesperson for Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said that the Palestinian militant group released two Israeli hostages, on Monday (Oct 23), who were being held in the Gaza Strip.
Criminal groups set at least 35 buses on fire in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Monday, according to the industry group that represents bus companies, after police killed a crime boss in an operation.
A former security officer in the US has pleaded guilty to having tried to sell classified national security information to a Russian agent.
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