Celebrations in Israel as living captives held by Hamas freed. Israel’s release of about 2,000 Palestinians under way.
Hamas has released all 20 of the living captives it had been holding in the Gaza Strip, with the release of about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners by Israel under way, as the two sides carry out the conditions of the ceasefire deal.
Cheers broke out in Israel early on Monday, as television channels announced that the first lot of seven captives had been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The Israeli military later confirmed that 13 more ca
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