Hamas freed the first of eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.
It's the second hostage release since a fragile ceasefire took effect last weekend, halting the fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks during which dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed while more aid flows in.
Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud has been handed over to the Red Cross, Israel's channel 12 said, as footage showed her surrounded by a surging crowd and armed Palestinian militants in a chaotic scene in southern Gaza on Thursday.
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Only a trickle of aid is reaching the area, leaving the Palestine Red Crescent Society teams in Gaza delivering lifesaving aid with much reduced resources. Beatrice Butsana-Sita, chief executive British Red Cross, says: "Before the conflict around 500 ...
Red Cross vehicles arrive at a location in northern Gaza as Hamas is set to free hostages in ceasefire deal.
Red Cross team arrives at second hostage handover site in Gaza.
A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters,
Chaotic scenes unfolded as an Israeli hostage was led through a crowd in Gaza before being handed over to the Red Cross on Thursday.
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Hamas has handed captive Israeli soldier Agam Berger over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, the first of eight hostages set to be released today as part of a ceasefire in the enclave.Hamas is due to release two more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives,