Three Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners freed

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Israel has begun releasing a group of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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00:00Hamas handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday in exchange for

00:06183 Palestinian prisoners set for release by Israeli authorities.

00:12The latest was the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel

00:18and Hamas.

00:19The militants first released French-Israeli Ofar Carderon and Israeli Yarden Bilbas to

00:25the Red Cross in Cairn Eunice.

00:27A third hostage, Keith Segal, was handed over at a separate exchange in Gaza City.

00:32The family of Israeli hostage Ofar Carderon cheered as they watched the coverage of his

00:37release after 15 months of captivity.

00:40Meanwhile, the first bus carrying a group of 32 Palestinian prisoners from Israel's

00:45Ofar prison reached Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where they were greeted by a jubilant

00:50crowd.

00:52After over a year of fighting, a ceasefire deal agreed to by both Israel and Hamas began

00:57on January 19.

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