Hamas released three Israeli men from captivity in Gaza on Saturday ahead of an expected swap for Palestinian prisoners later in the day as the increasingly fragile ceasefire held into its third week.
The men were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in an elaborately staged ceremony in Deir al-Balah, a relatively undamaged section of the Gaza Strip.
They had been taken hostage from their homes and from a music festival during the Palestinian militant group’s assault on Israel on October 7 2023 in which about 1,200 people were killed, according to Israeli officials.
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