13 Israeli women and children hostages freed by Hamas were largely taken from same kibbutz during 7 October militant attack.

Late on Friday, Israeli security authorities announced that they were going over a list of possible hostages who might be freed in the next few days.

After being held captive for seven weeks, a total of twenty-four hostages were freed from Gaza earlier on Friday and brought into Egypt via the Rafah gate.

The trade is the first step in a deal that might release up to 50 Hamas prisoners.

As Israel and Hamas maintained a temporary ceasefire on Friday afternoon, the Islamist group released 13 Israeli women and children to the Red Cross. In exchange, 39 Palestinian women and teenage males were released from Israeli prison thus far.

Along with the release of one Filipino captive and ten Thai nationals, Hamas.