Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Red Cross vehicles arrive at hostage handover site
Red Cross vehicles make their way through crowd ahead of a hostage handover in Gaza's Deir al-Balah on February 8, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)
A convoy of Red Cross vehicles arrives at a hostage handover location in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah.
Hamas will hand over hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami to the Red Cross. They will then be brought to IDF troops in Gaza and be escorted out of the Strip.
Despite the heavy presence of Hamas gunmen at the site, the vehicles seem to have difficulty moving through the crowd of Palestinian onlookers before they are cleared out of the way.
Israel and the mediators have in the past warned Hamas against a repeat of the chaotic scenes that accompanied the release of hostages Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Mozes 10 days ago.
