Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday as the United States expressed increasing concerns about the escalating war. Hamas frees two Israeli women as US advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captives RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Hamas on Monday released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza as 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 death toll in Gaza rose rapidly as Israel ramped up airstrikes that flattened buildings in what it said was...