The hostages were freed in a heavily staged handover, ahead of the expected release of 200 Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas hands over four Israeli female hostages to the Red Cross. The hostages are Karina Ariyev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levi, and Liri Elbag, reports the Times of Israel. Four released female soldiers appeared on stage set up by Hamas in Gaza City Square before their release.

The Israeli military has recovered the body of slain Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose remains have been held by Hamas since 2014, just before Sunday’s cease-fire deal went into effect.

The four Israeli women hostages freed by Hamas as part of a Saturday swap are now in the custody of Israeli forces in Gaza, the military said in a statement.

Two hundred Palestinian prisoners have also been released today by Israel in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.

THIS is the moment four young Israeli hostages were surrounded by gun-wielding terrorists before they were released. Karina Ariev, 20, Daniela Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Liri Elbag, 19, were

The medical pass starts on the 14th day of the ceasefire, now in its fourth day, Wednesday, and comes as heartbroken Palestinians return to the horror of their destroyed homes

The world must not stand idly by. Now is the time to envision and work toward a future where the shadow of Hamas no longer looms over the Middle East.

Had the Shin Bet checked Abdel Aziz’s social media, they would have discovered multiple posts expressing support for Gaza and hate for Israel.

Days into the Gaza ceasefire, the head of Israel's Shin Bet security service has signalled that the country's focus is switching to Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank. Ronen Bar said Israel was in the midst of a multi-front campaign, but that "right now, it's Samaria's [northern West Bank] time".

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari delivers a statement to the media as the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect and following the recovery of the body of Oron Shaul, a decade after he fell in Operation Protective Edge.