Crowds gather in Tel Aviv as ceasefire sees hostages released after 470 days -

Thousands of Israelis cheered, embraced and wept in Tel Aviv on Sunday (January 19), as they watched live video on a big screen showing three female hostages being released under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

And three female hostages were handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross just after 5 p.m. local time, to be taken to Israel. In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, a crowd cheered and clapped as the news came in that the hostages were in Red Cross custody.

Israelis take to the Tel Aviv streets to watch Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher be released after 471 days in Hamas captivity

The deal ushers in an initial six-week period of calm and raises hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to the war.

Pictures shared by the families showed the first three hostages embracing their mothers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Hamas militants have handed over four captive female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross after parading them in front of a crowd in Gaza City. Television footage showed the handover

Watch again as crowds gathered in Tel Aviv as the Israel and Hamas ceasefire saw the first hostages released on Sunday (19 January) after 470 days. The first three hostage were handed over to the Red Cross,

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“The al-Qassam brigades and other organizations (…) will release the four prisoners on Saturday” and entrust them to the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent,” a ...