Hamas says handed over 13 Israelis, 7 foreign nationals, to ICRC

 

Hamas says handed over 13 Israelis, 7 foreign nationals, to ICRC

Hamas’s armed wing says it handed over 13 Israeli captives and seven foreign nationals to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The ICRC is expected to take them through the Rafah border crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt, before traveling to Israel.

Update

Qatar says 13 Israeli captives, four foreign nationals, handed over to ICRC

Majed al-Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a post on X that 13 Israelis and four foreign nationals have been handed over to the ICRC.

Al Ansari said they are on their way to the Rafah border crossing.

Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from East Jerusalem, said the Israeli military confirmed “just moments ago” that Hamas handed over the captives to the ICRC.

“They will then be handed over to the Israeli military, they will be taken to an airbase in southern Israel for an initial check, where they will then be flown to several different hospitals throughout the Tel Aviv area for additional medical and psychological checks,” she added.