The IDF says it has completed its preparations for receiving the hostages who are set to be released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip in the upcoming ceasefire deal.
The military established three complexes near the Gaza border, at the Re’im base, the Kerem Shalom Crossing, and the Erez Crossing, where the hostages will meet with IDF representatives, including doctors, psychologists, and mental health officers and receive initial treatment.
From there, they will be escorted by the IDF to hospitals in Israel where they will meet their families.
The IDF estimates that it will take some two hours from the moment the Red Cross hands over the hostages to troops from a special forces unit in Gaza till the moment they head from the army facilities to a hospital.
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