The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that the completion of the second phase of a prisoner-hostage exchange between Hamas and Israel, implemented under the initial terms of a ceasefire agreement.

Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag—to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City. The soldiers had been abducted during Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7,

The militant group Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers who were held captive in the Gaza Strip in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners. This was the second such swap under the fragile ceasefire deal implemented on January 19 to pause the 15-month-long war.

The four soldiers – Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag – were all stationed at an observation post on the edge of Gaza and abducted by Hamas fighters who overran their base during the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Palestinian prisoners arrived in Egypt under Gaza ceasefire deal, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News channel reports - Anadolu Ajansı

GAZA/JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday released the second batch of Israeli hostages, four women who were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City.

Live television footage showed the moment four female Israeli soldiers were paraded in front of a crowd in Gaza City before being handed over to the Red Cross.

Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners and detainees as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, hours after Hamas freed four young female Israeli soldiers from captivity in Gaza.

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.

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

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -- The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza.