Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees released as Rafah crossing opens for first time since May
Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on Saturday
Here are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.
The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases.
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