Photos: First hostages released after Israel-Hamas truce begins

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Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages who had been held captive in Gaza for weeks, including 13 Israelis, 10 people from Thailand and a Filipino citizen, according to Qatar and other officials, in the first stage in a swap for Palestinians prisoners in Israel under a four-day cease-fire deal. (In pic:A Red Cross vehicle arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023.) Image Credit: Reuters

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Released Palestinian prisoner Marah Bkeer reacts with a family near her house after hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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Released hostages disembark from an ambulance, as a convoy of vehicles carrying hostages arrives through the border crossing with Gaza on November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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A Red Cross vehicle, as part of a convoy believed to be carrying hostages, arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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A man takes picture with his mobile of International Red Cross vehicles reportedly carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas as they cross the Rafah border point in the Gaza Strip towards Egypt from where they would be flown to Israel to be reunited with their families, on November 24, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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A vehicle believed to be carrying hostages arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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An International Red Cross vehicle reportedly carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas crosses the Rafah border point in the Gaza Strip towards Egypt from where they would be flown to Israel to be reunited with their families, on November 24, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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International Red Cross vehicles reportedly carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas cross the Rafah border point in the Gaza Strip on the way to Egypt from which they would be flown to Israel to be reunited with their families, on November 24, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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A Red Cross vehicle arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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People stand next to trucks carrying humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Hamas, on November 24, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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Israeli security forces stand next to ambulances waiting outside the helipad of Tel Aviv's Schneider medical centre on November 24, 2023, amid preparations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners later in the day. Image Credit: AFP

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A convoy of ambulances and a UN truck heads towards north Gaza during a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, near Gaza City November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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Members of the media wait as people gather at Rafah border as Hamas are expected to release hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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Israeli security forces stand next to buses waiting at the helipad of Tel Aviv's Schneider medical centre on November 24, 2023, amid preparations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners later in the day. Image Credit: AFP

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Members of the media and people gather at Rafah border as Hamas militants are expected to release hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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