Hamas on Monday evening, released two more hostages, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, and Nurit Cooper, 79.
Hamas said it released them on humanitarian and “poor health grounds”, but their husbands are still being held prisoner.
Recall that Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials.
The militants also took 222 people hostage, among them elderly people and young children, according to the Israeli authorities’ latest count. The hostages include dozens of dual nationals and foreigners.
The two elderly women and their husbands, were among the hostages seized on October 7.
Their release comes days after a US mother and daughter were freed.
The group released images of masked gunmen giving the women food and drink and leading them to the handover point, where Red Cross workers met them.
Early Tuesday, An AFP journalist saw a military helicopter bringing Cooper and Lifshitz to a medical centre in Tel Aviv.
The women were wheeled into the facility on a stretcher and wheelchair, as relatives gathered nearby.
