Hamas has freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. Two released hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, arrived in Israel and were on their way to an initial reception point.

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s discussions in Washington, Israel will dispatch a working-level delegation to Qatar at the end of the week to address technical aspects of the second phase of a ceasefire with Hamas,

Palestinian group Hamas said on Tuesday that talks for the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire had begun, as Israel said it would send negotiators to mediator Qatar later this week. “Contacts and negotiations for the second phase have begun,