'We hope this will continue': Hamas frees two Israeli women held hostage

Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, identified by Israeli media as 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz and 79-year-old Nurit Cooper of the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz. The United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.

The Associated Press