Israel's military expressed condolences to the families of the hostages killed during combat, saying there would be 'full transparency' in the investigation into the incident.
Shortly after the agreement, Israeli police reported that 2 Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem, killing two and injuring eight.
Over 60 Israeli & foreign nationals have been released by Hamas, while Israel has freed about 150 Palestinian prisoners, as a part of a four-day truce deal, which was later extended to six.
Hamas has released 81 hostages & Israel freed 180 prisoners during 4-day ceasefire, which was later increased to 6. Israel says truce could extend if Hamas releases at least 10 hostages a day.
Musk had received a symbolic dog-tag from the father of an Israeli taken captive by Hamas in Gaza. This comes after he was assailed for an anti-Jewish post on his social media site X.
Hamas believed to have taken about 240 hostages during 7 Oct attack. Israel previously said it would extend 4-day truce which began Friday by one day for every 10 more hostages released.
TV images showed hostages on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing after leaving Gaza, as Hamas handed the captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross Saturday.
39 Palestinian women and minor detainees were freed under an accord brokered by Qatar, which also resulted in the release of 13 Israeli hostages seized by Hamas last month.
By Bassam Masoud and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has received a list of hostages set to be freed from Gaza on Saturday by Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said,
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