Young female “spotters” for Israel’s army reported suspicious activity across the border. When Hamas attacked, 15 were killed and seven abducted. Four came home on Saturday.

The swap for four soldiers stationed on the border of the Gaza Strip at Nahal Oz follows 15 months of captivity and a campaign by their families.

Palestinian militant group Hamas has released four Israeli female soldiers who were held in the Gaza Strip as part of the latest ceasefire agreement, according to the Israeli military. In return,

Four women soldiers, abducted by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023 while doing their military service near the Gaza border, were released on Saturday, following more than 15 months in captivity.

Dozens of Palestinian women and teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this week as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the war in Gaza

According to a list provided by the Palestinian Authority's Commission for Prisoners' Affairs all of those released are women or minors. View on euronews

The hostages and 200 prisoners were released in the second swap of the Gaza cease-fire deal, which went into effect this month.

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed, while more aid flows in .

Hamas handed over four female Israeli soldiers it had held captive in Gaza, and 200 jailed Palestinian militants were freed on Saturday under the second swap of a week-old ceasefire deal mediated by Arab powers with Washington’s blessing.