The three hostages are now back in Israel, whilst dozens of Palestinians who had been held in Israeli prisons have now returned to the West Bank.
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00:00Three Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday have returned home to Israel.
00:07It was the fifth hostage release in the ceasefire deal that came into force on January 19th.
00:13Eli Shirabi, Ohad Ben-Ami and Or Levi were captured during the 7 October 2023 incursion
00:19into southern Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza.
00:23Shirabi and Ben-Ami were taken from Kibbutz Berri, one of the hardest hit communities
00:28of the attack.
00:30Including Saturday, Hamas has so far released 21 out of a total of 33 hostages set to be
00:36freed in the first six-week phase of the ceasefire deal.
00:40In exchange for Saturday's release, Israel is releasing 183 Palestinians being held in
00:45Israeli prisons.
00:47Shortly after the hostage release in Gaza, a bus carrying a few dozen Palestinian prisoners
00:53headed to a meeting point in the West Bank, greeted by their families, friends and well-wisher