Hamas fighters have handed over four female Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Gaza City. The captives were seen, alongside Hamas and Palestinian fighters, on a platform in Palestine Square in Gaza City. They were seen grinning before being turned over to the Red Cross.
Amid cheers from Palestinians, the Red Cross vehicles left the territory. Dozens of masked, armed Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters arrived at a key square in Gaza City on Saturday, where four Israeli women hostages are expected to be handed over to the Red Cross, an AFP reporter said.
Sources from Hamas and Islamic Jihad told they had deployed around 200 members of their armed wings, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades and the Al-Quds Brigades respectively, to secure Palestine Square where the handover was to happen. The planned release comes under a truce deal in the Gaza war that is also expected to see a second group of Palestinian prisoners freed.
Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)