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    Hamas hands over hostages after deal delayed in aid row

    by Bill McLoughlin and Robert Dex Nov 25, 2023 6 minutes
    Source: Anadolu via Getty Images

    Hamas has handed over another 13 Israeli hostages - six women and seven children and teenagers - as well as four Thai nationals to the Red Cross.

    Among those released is nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand, according to the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin.

    The Israeli military confirmed its hostage deal with Hamas was going ahead on Saturday after high-level diplomacy defused an aid row that threatened to derail the handover.

    Israel is reported to be exchanging 39 imprisoned Palestinians for the hostages who were taken across the border from Gaza to Egypt before arriving in Israel.

    (Anadolu via Getty Images)

    The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said the hostages would be taken "to Israeli hospitals, where they will be reunited with their families".

    In a social media post, it added: "We have been preparing to welcome our people home and accompany them and their families.

    "We remain determined to return all of our hostages home."

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