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Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant movement Hamas handed four female Israeli soldier hostages over to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday,

In exchange, Israel will release more than 110 Palestinian prisoners in the third exchange since the ceasefire deal was struck earlier this month.

Two hundred Palestinian prisoners have also been released today by Israel in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.

Latest news and live updates on the Gaza ceasefire deal as four female hostages are set to be released. The hostages are all Israeli soldiers.

Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag—to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City. The soldiers had been abducted during Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7,

Emily Damari, 28, Doron Steinbrecher, 31, and Romi Gonen, 24, were released with sick 'memorabilia' commemorating the nearly 500 days they spent in Hamas internment

The four soldiers – Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag – were all stationed at an observation post on the edge of Gaza and abducted by Hamas fighters who overran their base during the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

GAZA/JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday released the second batch of Israeli hostages, four women who were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City.

The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza said there could be as many as 10,000 bodies buried under rubble all across the strip, as many displaced Gazans try to return to their homes under a nascent ceasefire agreement.

Palestinian prisoners arrived in Egypt under Gaza ceasefire deal, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News channel reports - Anadolu Ajansı