 "Vehicles carrying hostages who were released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip arrive to the Reim military base near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 13, 2025. AFP")
Hours after releasing the first seven hostages , Hamas also freed the remaining 13 living hostages and handed them over to the Red Cross. The release of hostages was part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, which was proposed by the United States.
Hamas’s Shehab channel reported that the transfer took place in the southern Gaza Strip. Earlier, the Israeli Defence Force said that a convoy of Red Cross vehicles is now heading to a handover site in the southern Gaza Strip to collect several more hostages from Hamas.
The Red Cross will then bring the hostages to IDF troops inside Gaza , to be escorted out of the Strip to an army facility near Re’im, where they will undergo an initial physical and mental checkup and meet their families.
First set of hostages handed over to the IDF
Meanwhile, multiple photos released by the Israeli media showed hostage Alon Ohel meeting with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip after being freed from Hamas captivity this morning. According to The Times of Israel, Ohel and six other hostages have since been escorted out of Gaza to an IDF facility near the border.
The IDF also released the video showing the moment the released hostages, Matan Angrest, brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, Alon Ohel, Eitan Mor, Omri Miran, and Guy Gilboa-Dal, crossed the border into Israel after being freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.
The seven hostages have been brought to an IDF facility near Re’im for an initial checkup and to meet with their families. As per the report, the exchanges are taking place in a closed compound, with no access granted to the public or journalists.
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