Yarden Bibas, the father of nine-month-old and four-year-old when they were kidnapped, is among three Israelis expected to be freed on Saturday under ceasefire

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Live TV footage is showing Red Cross vehicles arriving in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis ahead of Saturday’s expected hostage handover by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

It appears that the process has begun, with armed Hamas militants near the vehicles and around a stage that has been set up, in similar scenes to previous hostage releases.