Three people expected to be freed on Saturday under ceasefire
Hamas has also handed over the Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas to the Red Cross in southern Gaza, live TV footage is reported as showing.
Bibas, 35, is the father of the two youngest hostages – baby Kfir, aged nine months old when he was kidnapped by Hamas-led gunmen on 7 October 2023, and Ariel, then aged four.