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Israeli hostage release: First hostages set to be handed over to Red Cross

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 6:52pm
Palestinians receive food parcels after aid trucks entered from the Karem Abu Salem crossing, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo / Omar Al-Qatta, AFP
Palestinians receive food parcels after aid trucks entered from the Karem Abu Salem crossing, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo / Omar Al-Qatta, AFP

Israeli hostage release: First hostages set to be handed over to Red Cross

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 6:52pm

Hamas is expected to start releasing Israeli hostages now.

It's handing over 20 hostages over the next two hours - followed by Israel handing over nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. 

The US president is expected to arrive in Tel Aviv very soon, and claims the war is over in Gaza and the ceasefire will hold.

Reuters correspondent Alexander Cornwell says people could start arriving very soon - and that the Red Cross will be there to collect them.

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