5th hostage-prisoner swap carried out as Gaza ceasefire holds [Video]

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday handed over three Israeli hostages, whose gaunt appearance shocked Israelis, while Israel began freeing dozens of Palestinians in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza.

Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Eli Sharabi, 52, both taken hostage from Kibbutz Be’eri during the cross-border Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and Or Levy, 34, abducted that day from the Nova music festival in southern Israel, were led onto a podium by Hamas gunmen.

The three men all appeared thin, weak and pale, and in worse condition than the 18 hostages who had previously been freed under the truce reached …