Israeli media reports said that Egypt received the 13 hostages released from the Gaza Strip, according to an agreement between Israel and Hamas, and they are the first batch of a larger deal.

The International Red Cross received the hostages from the Palestinian side and led them to the Rafah border crossing, where Egypt handed them over.

The Israeli side is supposed to receive the hostages from Egypt to transport them through the Kerem Shalom crossing and from there to a hospital to receive medical assistance, where they are supposed to meet their families.

Last Tuesday, Israel announced its approval of a hostage and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, which includes a temporary truce for a period of 4 days.

At the end of the truce, Israel is supposed to receive 5 Israeli women and children detained in Gaza, and Israel will release 150 Palestinian women and children in its prisons.

Meanwhile, Thai Prime Minister Srita Thavisin said that he had received confirmation of the release of 12 Thai citizens from Gaza, as part of a prisoner exchange deal expected to be implemented within the framework of the humanitarian truce that entered into force this morning.

Thavesin said, in a post on his account on the “X” website (formerly Twitter) and was reported by the American CNN network: “I have received confirmation from our national security team and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that 12 Thai hostages have been released, and there are employees From the Embassy of the Kingdom of Thailand on their way to receive them.”

Hamas had previously expressed its willingness to hand over foreign hostages, but the security conditions in the Gaza Strip prevented that.

The Thai detainees are not included in the agreement, and in exchange for their release, none of the Palestinians in Israeli prisons will be released.

The scene exploded in Gaza on October 7, when Hamas militants attacked military bases and settlements in the Gaza Strip, leaving 1,200 people dead.

Israel has launched a war on the besieged Gaza Strip since that time, leaving about 15,000 people dead, most of them children, and massive destruction, especially in northern Gaza.

 Hamas had previously released 4 female hostages in two separate operations, and the Red Cross also handed them over to the Egyptian side.