Red Cross ambulances arrive in Rafah for latest hostage release

Relatives and friends of Eliya Cohen, 27, gather in Tel Aviv to watch the TV broadcast of his release by Hamas militants. Picture: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

Red Cross ambulances have arrived in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah in preparation for the handover of six Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.

AP video showed the ambulances waiting among a crowd with a line of Hamas fighters nearby in Rafah, where two of the hostages are expected to be handed over.