Israel has confirmed that two american hostages have been released by hamas. Judith and Natalie Raanan, who are mother and daughter, were taken after the hamas attack on israel earlier this month. The groups Telegram Channel says qatar had helped mediate their release, which was done for which was done for humanitarian reasons. President biden says he is overjoyed. Just a few lines to bring you from president macron, whos been speaking in the last few minutes about this. He says he hopes the release of fridays hostages leads to similar operations in the coming days, including for french citizens. He also says the French Military Intelligence Directorate has concluded that the gaza hospital blast, which we report on tuesday, was not due to an israeli strike but probably a misfiring palestinian rocket. That would tend to echo what Us Intelligence is saying. Hes also saying they are going to be supplying more humanitarian aid to the Rafah Crossing to support the aid coming across. Some li