Two men handed over to Red Cross in southern Gaza Strip with a third freed in Gaza City in exchange for jailed Palestinians

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Three more Israelis – all male civilian hostages – have been released to Israel as part of the continuing ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza.

Hamas handed the first two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning before they were received by the Israeli military a short while later.