The Israeli army says the Red Cross has confirmed that it has seven captives— two Israelis and five Thai nationals.

Two Israelis and five Thai nationals were released as part of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel that began Jan. 19.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Red Cross vehicles arrive at a location in northern Gaza as Hamas is set to free hostages in ceasefire deal. Copyright © 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.

It succeeded in making its profile invisible while not gaining the release of a single hostage or providing them with any assistance.

Chaotic scenes unfolded as an Israeli hostage was led through a crowd in Gaza before being handed over to the Red Cross on Thursday.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally freed 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, one of several overtures in recent days to ease tensions after the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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Mohammed Deif, Hamas’s military wing head was killed in an airstrike, the militant group in Gaza confirmed months after Israel announced his death in the embattled Strip.Israel in August last year had announced the death of Deif,

The five hostages were among the 31 Thai agricultural workers who were captured by Hamas from four farms close to the Gaza border. Earlier, 23 hostages were released and two, Sudthisak Rinthalak and Sonthaya Oakkharasri, were confirmed dead in May of last year.

When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook livestream after his release Thursday, he had changed so much that she didn’t recognize him at first.