"Thank you for saving the hostages," someone called to him from the crowd, while a chant went up in English to "bring them home."
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced scenes of Palestinians mobbing the Red Cross convoy of hostages in Khan Yunis as "horrifying." It took one hour to transfer Gadi Moses and Arbel Yehud from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad vehicle to Red Cross vehicles,
A female Israeli soldier is released as the next hostage-prisoner exchange gets underway amid the ceasefire in Gaza.
There are still 57 living hostages left in Gaza; 30 more hostages, including two Americans, are set to be freed in the first phase of the cease-fire agreement.
Watch live as crowds gather in Tel Aviv as the Israel and Hamas ceasefire sees hostages released on Sunday (19 January) after 470 days.
Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange.
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Hamas freed the first of eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.
Surrounded by Islamic Jihad and Hamas fighters struggling to hold back the crowd, Israeli hostages Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses are handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. The handover is part of an exchange deal with Israel,
Chaotic scenes unfolded as an Israeli hostage was led through a crowd in Gaza before being handed over to the Red Cross on Thursday.
Israeli military says seven hostages have been transferred by Red Cross to Israeli forces inside Gaza.
Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud has been handed over to the Red Cross, Israel's channel 12 said, as footage showed her surrounded by a surging crowd and armed Palestinian militants in a chaotic scene in southern Gaza on Thursday.