A partial truce between the warring sides went into effect earlier on Friday
Palestinian militant group Hamas released the first batch of Israeli hostages on Friday, according to Israeli media. The group has already crossed from Gaza into Egypt, the Times of Israel reported.
The release of the hostages was reportedly supervised by staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The organization’s ambulances are said to have taken the group from Khan Younis in southern Gaza to the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border. Unverified footage shared online purports to show the ambulance convoy carrying the hostages.
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