A cease-fire agreement between Israel and terrorist group Hamas began Sunday with the release of three Israeli hostages, in exchange for some 90 Palestinian prisoners in.

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari delivers a statement to the media as the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect and following the recovery of the body of Oron Shaul, a decade after he fell in Operation Protective Edge.

Two buses from the International Committee of the Red Cross transport 76 Palestinians, nearly all women, following the handover of three Israeli hostages

Hamas released three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City hours after a ceasefire took effect on Sunday. The hostages-31-year-old Doron Ste

Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari crossed the border into Israel shortly before 6 p m local time on Sunday, after spending 471 days as hostages in the Gaza Strip

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's adviser Ophir Falk as well as White House Middle East envoy Brett McGurk and the upcoming Donald Trump administrations Middle East envoy pick Steve Witkoff w

Nevertheless, Bar admitted that releasing terrorists, some of whom he personally arrested, was "very difficult."

The agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Hamas prisoners calls for an end to the fighting in Gaza. But deep hostilities on both sides remain, and an unsettled region makes a lasting cease-fire

Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released a propaganda video on Sunday night, showing the handover of three Israeli hostages—Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher, and Emily Damari—in Gaza City. A striking detail in the footage was that each of the freed hostages received a paper bag bearing the Qassam Brigades' logo before stepping into a Red Cross SUV.

US President says Gaza ceasefire deal ‘one of the toughest negotiations’ he has ever been part ofIsraeli military spokesperson confirms ‘Emily, Doron and Romi are now in safe hands’

A delegation from the Israeli military and the Shin Bet (Shabak) is scheduled to arrive in Cairo on Friday, according to Al-Qahera News TV channel correspondent in the West Bank.