The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that two hostages taken captive from Israel by Hamas have been released.

An Israeli government official has told CBS, the BBC’s US media partner, that the names of the freed captives are Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz.

It brings the total number of hostages released by Hamas to four.

Two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were released from by Hamas on Friday.

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