- Title: ICRC vehicles arrive at Palestine Square in Gaza ahead of hostages' release
- Date: 25th January 2025
- Summary: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (JANUARY 25, 2025) (REUTERS) WOMAN CRYING AND SINGING PEOPLE GATHERED, MUSIC PLAYING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN HOSTAGES SQUARE POSTER OF DANIELA GILBOA, WHO WAS RELEASED FROM HAMAS CAPTIVITY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN HOSTAGES SQUARE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CHEERING WOMEN LOOKING ON WITH EMOTIONAL FACES WOMAN SOBBING, WIPING TEARS CHILD LOOKING ON CROWD I
- Embargoed: 8th February 2025 09:08
- Keywords: Gaza ICRC Israel Red Cross ceasefire deal hostages release trucks
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA001616725012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Vehicles from the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived at Gaza's Palestine Square on Saturday (January 25) as Palestinian militant movement Hamas is expected to release four female Israeli soldiers in exchange for a group of Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire agreement.
Dozens of masked and armed Hamas and fellow Islamic Jihad militants gathered at the square in Gaza City, where a podium was set up, as a crowd of Palestinians gathered round. A banner hanging off the stage read in Hebrew "Zionism will not prevail."
The team from the International Committee of the Red Cross is expected to collect the Israeli hostages from Hamas.
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 Oct. 7, 2023.
Hamas said 200 prisoners will be freed on Saturday as part of the exchange. They include members of Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), some serving life sentences.
Saturday's exchange would be the second since the ceasefire began last Sunday (January 19) when Hamas handed over three Israeli civilians in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners.
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