AM7 more hostages released, IDF saysSeven more hostages have been released on Thursday morning, according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forced and the Israel Security Agency."According to information communicated by the Red Cross,

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.

Israel says an updated list from Hamas "matches Israeli intelligence" - meaning 18 hostages are still to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire.

The Red Cross said on Saturday it had completed the second phase of release operations as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, transferring four Israeli hostages from the enclave and facilitating the release of detainees from Israeli centres.

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.

The ICRC said it transferred a total of 128 of the released Palestinians to Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and most would be sent to the West Bank. A convoy of Red Cross buses ...

militants on either side of them and a crowd of thousands watching before they were led off to waiting Red Cross vehicles. They were likely acting under duress, with previously released hostages ...

Starting at 7 a.m. local time on Monday, Palestinians were allowed to cross on foot without inspection ... There are three American dual nationals included among that group. Hamas started the ...

It is the third exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners since a ceasefire was agreed nearly a fortnight ago