The hostages are two elderly women who are both Israeli nationals.
Thousands of people have died and thousands more were injured after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war.
At least 1,400 people have died and 4,629 others have been injured in Israel, according to Israeli authorities. In Gaza, 5,087 people have died and 15,273 have been wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Authority.
Aid workers and officials fear that Israel's call for an evacuation of the northern part of Gaza is precipitating a humanitarian disaster as electricity and other supplies have been cut off in preparation for what appears to be an imminent ground offensive.
Humanitarian groups have urged Israel to call off the evacuation and agree to a cease-fire, even as the country has asserted a right to defend itself -- a right the United States endorses.
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The humanitarian aid that was delivered into the Gaza Strip via Egypt on Saturday morning contained food and medicine but no fuel, according to Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.
-ABC News' Bruno Nota
The Palestinian Civil Defense said one of its members was injured by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, only about a mile from the Rafah border crossing where humanitarian aid convoys were arriving from Egypt.
The Palestinian Civil Defense is tasked with emergency and rescue services under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
-ABC News' Nasser Atta
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi told the ongoing Gaza summit in Cairo he has "agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden to [allow] the Rafah border crossing to operate in a sustained manner" and to ensure "the safe, full, rapid and sustainable flow of humanitarian aid" into Gaza.
-ABC News’ Ayat Al-Tawy
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip opened briefly on Saturday morning, allowing the first wave of humanitarian aid to be delivered.
The border closed again after 20 trucks carrying much-needed supplies -- mostly medicine -- crossed into Gaza from the Egyptian side, according to an aid worker there and Egyptian state media.
-ABC News' Ayat Al-Tawy and Morgan Winsor
