Tel Aviv, 24 November 2023 (dpa/MIA) - The first group of Israeli hostages has been handed over by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip following the start of a ceasefire, according to media reports.

The 13 women and children were handed over to the Red Cross, Israeli media reported on Friday.

The handover took place in a hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The hostages are now on their way to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. They were then to be handed over to the Israeli army.

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