Israeli-American Keith Siegel is among the captives freed in a more controlled transfer after unruly crowds earlier in the week drew an outcry.

Hamas-led militants have freed three more hostages from the Gaza Strip after more than 15 months in captivity.

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public. In private, they are arguing bitterly. The war has deepened a longtime struggle between the group’s political and military leaders and has saddled it with enormous challenges.