Red Cross vehicles arrive at 2nd site of hostage handover in Gaza

Published February 22, 2025

Vehicles of the Red Cross have arrived at the second site of a hostage handover in Central Gaza’s Nuseirat, where Hamas is expected to release four Israelis, according to Reuters, which cites live footage.

A drone view shows people and Palestinian Hamas militants gathering around International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles on the day Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham are released by Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb 22, 2025. — Reuters

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