A helicopter carrying the three released hostages has arrived at the Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher were said to be in good health after being released earlier, but they will receive further treatment at the hospital.
“The three released hostages, together with their mothers, just landed at a hospital, where they will be reunited with the rest of their families and receive medical treatment,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
The first three hostages released from Gaza have arrived in Israel, the military announced Sunday, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold. Their mothers were waiting to meet them.
Footage showed the three women walking to Red Cross vehicles in Gaza City, surrounded by a crowd that swelled into the thousands as people held up cellphones and scrambled onto cars. The vehicles were accompanied by masked, armed men who wore green Hamas headbands and struggled to guard the handover.
The three women were taken for medical assessment. “They appear to be in good health,” President Joe Biden said in brief remarks.
