Hamas hands over three Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that began on 19 January
Yarden Bibas, 34, and Ofer Kalderon, 53, were released in a ceremony in southern Gaza, US-Israeli citizen Keith Siegel, 65, has been freed in a separate ceremony in Gaza City
It is the fourth release of hostages since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas began on 19 January
In Tel Aviv, BBC's Alice Cuddy says the orderly scenes are in "stark contrast" to the chaotic handover on Thursday
Israel will later release more than 180 Palestinians who have been held in Israeli prisons
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Two Israeli hostages handed to Red Cross in Khan Younis
US-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel has been transferred to the Red Cross, they confirm.
He is making his journey to Israeli military forces in the Gaza Strip.
We're now seeing the third Israeli hostage, US-Israeli Keith Siegel, in Gaza City - who is being handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas shortly.
He has been led to the stage, and is now being transported to an army base for the next stage of proceedings in the release.
Red Cross have arrived in Gaza City, ahead of the expected release of US-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel.
A stage has been set up, a crowd has gathered and armed soldiers stand near by.
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Image source, Getty ImagesHuge crowds gathered as Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud was released in Khan Younis on Thursday
As two male Israeli hostages have been freed amid "orderly scenes" this morning, we've been referring to the "chaotic handover" that took place in southern Gaza on Thursday. Here's a recap of what happened:
The release of two Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals happened near the destroyed house of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year.
"There was a lot of chaos, there was a lot of pushing," a journalist told the BBC on Thursday. He says people were chanting for Hamas's al-Qassam brigades and for Sinwar.
Footage showed Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud, 29, surrounded by armed and masked Hamas gunmen who struggled to hold back a huge crowd.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the chaos as "shocking" and delayed the release of Palestinian prisoners "until the safe exit of our hostages is guaranteed in the next few days".
Shortly after, Netanyahu's office said "mediators delivered a commitment that a safe exit will be guaranteed for hostages who will be released in the next rounds" and the 110 Palestinian prisoners were released.
We are expecting 183 prisoners to be released from Israeli prisons later today.
More than 100 of those are from Gaza, and about 70 have been facing lengthy or life sentences in Israeli jails.
Details on the ages and genders of those to be released are not yet known.
The happiness here over the release of Yarden Bibas is clouded with worry over his wife and two young children, who were also kidnapped on 7 October 2023.
Andrea Wittenberg, 32, holds up a photo of Kfir Bibas, who was just nine months old when he was taken hostage, as she watches the live footage.
“They are children. They should be at home. It is impossible for them to be in Gaza,” she says.
As we reported earlier, Hamas claimed in November 2023 that Yarden's wife Shiri and her two sons had been killed in an Israeli air strike, but the Israeli military has not confirmed their deaths.
Andrea says she is holding out hope that they are still alive.
“I don’t want to give up,” she says.
The two male Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas this morning, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, have now crossed into Israel, Israeli military confirm.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) say: "The returning civilian hostages crossed the border into Israeli territory accompanied by IDF and ISA forces. The returning civilian hostages are currently on their way to an initial reception point in southern Israel."
Alice Cuddy
Reporting from Jerusalem
I've just been speaking to Liz Domsky and her husband as they watched live streamed footage of the release of two Israeli, in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv.
Liz says she has "mixed emotions" - happiness for the men returning home to Israel but also worry for those who remain in Gaza.
"They all need to come home," she says. "I have a student there, Bar Kupershtein. I was a teacher in the high school where he studied. We are very worried about him. We hope he'll come back. He's not in the first list," she says.
The couple say they were very worried about how the hostages would be passed to the Red Cross today."We thought we would see something not nice but of course it's better [than Thursday]," she says.
Image source, Family handout(left to right) Yarden Bibas with his son Ariel, wife Shiri and son Kfir
As we've been reporting, Yarden Bibas, 34, is one of the two male Israeli hostages who has been released in Khan Younis this morning.
Yarden’s wife Shiri, 33, and two sons, Kfir, nine months, and Ariel, four - at the time of their capture - were also abducted from their home in the Nir Oz kibbutz. Kfir was the youngest hostage to be taken.
Hamas claimed in November 2023 that Shiri and the two boys had been killed in an Israeli air strike, but the Israeli military has not confirmed their deaths.
The Bibas family were on a list of 34 names that Hamas had said it was willing to release ahead of the ceasefire agreement earlier in January.
We can bring you the a video of the scene in Khan Younis earlier, when Israel hostage Ofer Kalderon was released by Hamas.
Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon freed by Hamas
Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas have just been handed over to Israeli forces in Gaza, the Israeli military has confirmed.
The two men will return to Israel for an initial medical assessment.
"The commanders and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) salute and embrace the returning hostages as they make their way home to the State of Israel," the IDF says.
"The IDF is prepared to receive an additional hostage in the near future," the statement adds.
Alice Cuddy
Reporting from Tel Aviv
It's early morning here in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv and a small crowd had gathered in time to watch Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas be handed to the Red Cross in Khan Younis.
The men waved from a stage, flanked by armed and masked fighters. The orderly scenes were in stark contrast to Thursday's chaotic handover in southern Gaza, which was condemned by the Israeli government.
"Pure happiness," a woman next to me says when asked how she is feeling.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says the Red Cross has notified the military that Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon have been handed over.
The Red Cross will now bring the two men to Israeli forces in Gaza.
Image source, ReutersWe've just got the first images of Hamas handing over Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon in Khan Younis.
He was escorted on to a temporary stage, flanked by armed, masked gunmen and waved from the stage.
Kalderon then met Red Cross workers.
We have seen two of the three Israeli hostages being released by Hamas.
Yarden Bibas, 34, and Ofer Kalderon, 53, have been handed over.
We are still waiting for the release of Keith Siegel, 65, a US-Israeli citizen. He is due to be handed over in a separate ceremony in Gaza City.
He and his wife Adrienne, also known as Aviva, were taken from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Adrienne was released during the first ceasefire in November 2023.
Red Cross vehicles have arrived in the southern city of Khan Younis in preparation for Israeli hostages to be handed over by Hamas, according to Reuters.
We're seeing a stage that has been set up as hostages are guided over to the platform by soldiers.
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This is the fourth release of Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza since the ceasefire deal came into effect on 19 January.
We can see preparations under way in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Previous releases have taken place across Gaza - including in Gaza City and Jabalia in the north.
Hostages have previously been paraded in front of crowds in Gaza - this has ranged from highly choreographed appearances, as we saw in last Saturday’s release in Gaza City, to chaotic escorts through surging crowds such as the release on Thursday in Khan Younis.
What is consistent is that the hostages are transported out of Gaza by the Red Cross and taken to Israel where they are reunited with family and checked over by medical staff.
Once the hostages are safely back in Israel, the Palestinian prisoners are loaded onto buses and released into Palestinian territories.
Image source, Family handoutLeft to right: Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon
Three more Israeli hostages held by Hamas since 7 October 2023 are due to be released today. All three of them are male civilians.
A further three Israeli hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the Hamas attacks in October 2023, are expected to be released.
Israel is due to free more than 180 Palestinian prisoners in exchange.
The three Israeli hostages expected to be released today are Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon.
Calderon and Bibas were taken from their Nir Oz kibbutz homes and Siegel was taken from his home in Kfar Aza.
This is the fourth hostage release and prisoner swap since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on 19 January.
Our writers in London and correspondents across the region will bring you the latest updates and analysis. Stay with us.