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It's 2:41 AM CST now. If you're sleeping now like most normal folks do, you're probably missing this. Israeli news is now reporting that all living hostages have been handed over to the Red Cross.
"The IDF at 9:10 a.m. on Monday received seven out of the 20 remaining live hostages back from Hamas via the The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The hostages are Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Eitan Mor, Gali and Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal.
By 8:10 a.m., the ICRC had already received the hostages from Hamas.
There are two more expected hostage transfers due to take place later Monday.
The three expected locations for the transfers are Gaza City, central Gaza, and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
If the live hostages are stable, they will move from Red Cross custody to IDF special forces custody, then to the Re'im base, and then to the three hospitals: Sheba, Ichilov, and Beilinson.
However, if a live hostage is in immediate medical danger, a helicopter will be sent to rush them to Soroka Medical Center or to Barzilai Medical Center. The IDF expects that some deceased hostages will be returned on Monday, but has no set numbers about how many, and is prepared for that part of the process to be drawn over multiple days or longer.
Part of the process will also involve identifying the remains with specific hostages.
According to the IDF, Hamas is bound to assist a joint mechanism associated with the Trump ceasefire to help locate other deceased hostages where finding them may be less of an exact science.
The ICRC will also transfer around 2,000 Palestinian security prisoners held in Israeli prisons to the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and locations outside of Israel, such as Qatar and Turkey.
Monday’s release marks the beginning of a rolling process expected to continue over the coming days. Additional groups, including deceased hostages, are to be freed in coordination with further Red Cross-supervised exchanges, under the same verification and transfer protocols. Movements are tracked from staging areas in Gaza to border transfer points and onward to reception centers in Israel.
The releases coincide with a high-profile visit to Israel by US President Donald Trump, who is expected to land later on Monday and speak at the Knesset."
Seven Israeli hostages in IDF custody after Gaza release | The Jerusalem Post
Seven freed hostages in IDF custody, en route to Israel in first round of releases
The first seven hostages to be released were named as: Matan Engerst, Alon Ohel, Eitan Mor, Gali and Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal.
"The IDF at 9:10 a.m. on Monday received seven out of the 20 remaining live hostages back from Hamas via the The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The hostages are Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Eitan Mor, Gali and Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal.
By 8:10 a.m., the ICRC had already received the hostages from Hamas.
There are two more expected hostage transfers due to take place later Monday.
The three expected locations for the transfers are Gaza City, central Gaza, and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
If the live hostages are stable, they will move from Red Cross custody to IDF special forces custody, then to the Re'im base, and then to the three hospitals: Sheba, Ichilov, and Beilinson.
However, if a live hostage is in immediate medical danger, a helicopter will be sent to rush them to Soroka Medical Center or to Barzilai Medical Center. The IDF expects that some deceased hostages will be returned on Monday, but has no set numbers about how many, and is prepared for that part of the process to be drawn over multiple days or longer.
Part of the process will also involve identifying the remains with specific hostages.
According to the IDF, Hamas is bound to assist a joint mechanism associated with the Trump ceasefire to help locate other deceased hostages where finding them may be less of an exact science.
The ICRC will also transfer around 2,000 Palestinian security prisoners held in Israeli prisons to the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and locations outside of Israel, such as Qatar and Turkey.
Gaza hostage releases come amid IDF withdrawals, Trump visit
The handover follows the IDF’s full repositioning over the weekend, a key condition for activating the first tranche of the agreement. The government had simultaneously prepared a parallel list of Palestinian prisoners for release, with final approvals confirmed just ahead of implementation. Disputes over specific names and timing were resolved in recent days as part of finalizing the schedule.Monday’s release marks the beginning of a rolling process expected to continue over the coming days. Additional groups, including deceased hostages, are to be freed in coordination with further Red Cross-supervised exchanges, under the same verification and transfer protocols. Movements are tracked from staging areas in Gaza to border transfer points and onward to reception centers in Israel.
The releases coincide with a high-profile visit to Israel by US President Donald Trump, who is expected to land later on Monday and speak at the Knesset."
Seven Israeli hostages in IDF custody after Gaza release | The Jerusalem Post
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