Hostages Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses were expected to be released later Thursday morning along with five Thai nationals. Yehud, 29, and Moses, 80, are civilians. The release of the Thai nationals is not part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. It's part of a separate deal between Hamas and the Thai government.

The women are the first three hostages to be released under the newly implemented ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas

It succeeded in making its profile invisible while not gaining the release of a single hostage or providing them with any assistance.

Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel is on a list of hostages that could be released under the latest Gaza ceasefire, but he’s not expected to gain his freedom on Sunday.

Gaza: Hamas movement announced today that it will release four female Israeli soldiers tomorrow, Saturday, as part of the prisoner exchange deal

The first hostages held by Hamas since October 7, 2023 were released Sunday morning, with 33 hostages expected to be released in the coming weeks.

The hostages and 200 prisoners were released in the second swap of the Gaza cease-fire deal, which went into effect this month.

Israeli who refurbished old buses into mobile tech classrooms, has not met his third daughter, who was bornafter he was taken hostage.

Latest news and live updates on the Gaza ceasefire deal as four female hostages are set to be released. The hostages are all Israeli soldiers.

A crowd greets Islamic Jihad and Hamas fighters as they arrive for the hand-over of Ihostages to the Red Cross in the south Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, 30 January 2025

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.