The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the first group of released Israeli hostages that had been held by Gaza militant groups, an unnamed Israeli official told The Times of Israel.
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin separately announced that 12 Thai nationals have also been allowed to leave the enclave. "Embassy officials are on their way to pick them up," he wrote on social media.
Militants in Gaza were expected today to hand over 13 Israelis they kidnapped in early October in exchange for the release of 39 Palestinian individuals, mostly women and children, from Israeli prisons.
