Hamas starts to transfer 13 Israeli hostages to Egypt
Israeli security forces stand next to buses waiting at the helipad of Tel Aviv's Schneider medical centre on November 24, amid preparations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners later in the day.
A source from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said on Friday afternoon that the procedures of transferring 13 Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip to Egypt had started in accordance with the temporary truce agreement.
The source, who requires anonymity, told Xinhua that the hostages, transferred by the International Committee of the Red Cross, were now on their way to the Rafah crossing.
The source added that the Al-Qassam Brigades also handed over to the Egyptian authorities at the Rafah crossing 12 Thai nationals who were captured in southern Israel on October 7.
