Once the model international organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) did precisely nothing for Israeli hostages. The United States should review why it is contributing over

Hamas’ military wing released footage showing its fighters handing over Israeli hostages to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday (January 19) in Gaza City.

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 handover took place in front of a large crowd that had gathered at Al-Saraya Junction in Gaza City. Masked militants from Al Qassam Brigades of Hamas and the Al-Quds Brigades were also present.

Three female Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza for 15 months have been released and brought back to Israel, after a long-awaited ceasefire deal took effect. Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher, and Emily Damari, who is also a British citizen, were due to be freed in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Israel 's top general has resigned, citing the security failures that allowed Hamas ' 7 October, 2023, attack as at least six Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank.

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas handed over three Israeli captives to the Red Cross on Sunday under the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. The three captives were handed over by Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, at Saraya Square in central Gaza City, according to an Anadolu reporter.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed its readiness to manage all aspects of a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.

The handover of hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is underway, a Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday. Mediator Qatar says Gaza ceasefire begins: Statement

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas handed over three Israeli captives to the Red Cross on Sunday as part of the initial phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in Gaza.

Chaotic scenes enveloped the three hostages from Israel who were handed over to the Red Cross Sunday by masked Hamas militants wearing green headbands in a packed Gaza City square. Hamas fighters struggled to hold the crowds back from the convoy of Red Cross SUVs that had arrived at Saraya Square in the west of Gaza City to collect them.