Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.

The release was delayed by a chaotic scene in which a crowd of Palestinians surrounded and jeered at hostages as they were turned over to the Red Cross.

Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Gaza, a first for US officials in years

Israeli soldier Agam Berger was released from captivity in Gaza.

Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

Witkoff is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials in Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday (Jan 29) his office said in a statement, amid the Gaza ceasefire and a

The Israeli hostages are to be released in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners.

Palestinian groups and Israel are carrying out a third hostage-prisoner exchange under a ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, Israel also cut contact with the UN's Palestinian refugee agency. DW has the latest.

A total of eight hostages - three Israeli and five Thai nationals - have been handed over in Gaza.

They face the reality of bombed out homes, dire shortages of food supplies, lack of running water, and no electricity.

The Israeli military has said it has received the hostage Agam Berger and that she is back in Israel.

Hamas released three Israelis and five Thais today as part of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Gaza war.

“I look forward to discussing how we can bring peace to Israel and its neighbors," Trump said to Netanyahu.

Massive crowds streamed into the most heavily destroyed part on Monday in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.

Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners.

The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Two Israeli and five Thai hostages released by Palestinian militants in Gaza are now in Israeli territory, the Israeli military said on Thursday (Jan 30). It identified the five Thai nationals as: Thenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakhan, Sriaoun Watchara, Seathao Bannawat and Rumnao Surasak. T

In the latest development in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Hamas militants released eight hostages. Earlier in the day, Hamas handed over Israeli soldier Agam Berger, 20 to the Red Cross. The latest development facilitates the release of another 110 Palestinian prisoners by Israel.

There were chaotic scenes in the third release of hostages from Gaza as thousands of Palestinians thronged kidnapees and armed gunmen struggled to hold people back before the handover to Red Cross officials

CAIRO: Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday (Jan 30) in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal

The trio are being released in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 minors.