Red Cross completes second phase of releases as part of Gaza ceasefire
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E-mailGENEVA (Reuters) - The Red Cross said on Saturday it had completed the second phase of release operations as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, transferring four Israeli hostages from the enclave and facilitating the release of detainees from Israeli centres.
The neutral, Swiss-based International Committee of the Red Cross said that it conducted pre-departure interviews with 200 people held in Israeli detention centres to assess their health and confirm their identities.
It transferred a total of 128 of these detainees to Gaza and the West Bank while local authorities handled the release and transfers for the remainder, the statement said.
(Reporting by Emma Farge; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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