The Islamic group Hamas introduced late on the evening of the twenty fifth that it had handed over 13 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross at round 6 a.m. on the twenty sixth Japan time, and that the hostages had been launched.
The Israeli army additionally introduced shortly after 6 a.m. Japan time on the twenty sixth that, based on data obtained from the Red Cross, the hostages had been heading to the Rafah checkpoint within the Gaza Strip.