LIVE UPDATES: Three Hostages Handed Over To The Red Cross

As the events of he ceasefire and hostage deal unfold, CrownHeights.info will be posting live updates here for the community.

Update: Former hostage Emily Damari on a video call with her family after meeting with her mother at an IDF facility near the Gaza border.

Update: Video of the hostages crossing into Israel.

Update 11:25am: Former hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher have reached an IDF facility near the border with the Gaza Strip, and are now meeting with their mothers, the military says.

The IDF says the three hostages will undergo an initial medical assessment at the facility, before they are taken to hospitals to meet the rest of their families.

Update: The mothers of former hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher are seen at an IDF facility near the border where the three women will be brought to shortly.

Update 10:52am: The three hostages have crossed into Israel. IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference says former hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher “are now in safe hands.”

“They are in our hands. They are coming home,” he says.

The three women are being brought to a facility near the border for an initial checkup, before being taken to a hospital.

Watch Updates Live From The Israeli Media:

Update: Video footage of the handover to the Red Cross.

Update 10:42am: The Three Hostages have now been handed over from the Red Cross, to Israeli Troops in the Gaza Strip.

Update 10:30am: Hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher, all female, have been handed over to the Red Cross at a prearranged meeting point in Gaza. According to the deal, they will be handed over to IDF special forces in Gaza for transfer to Israel.