Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, whom masked militants shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands,

Hamas released several hostages including Israelis and Thais in a tense exchange, leading Israel to delay the release of Palestinian prisoners. Chaotic scenes during the handover emphasized the complexity and instability of the situation,

There were chaotic scenes in the third release of hostages from Gaza as thousands of Palestinians thronged kidnapees and armed gunmen struggled to hold people back before the handover to Red Cross off

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced scenes of Palestinians mobbing the Red Cross convoy of hostages in Khan Yunis as "horrifying."It took one hour to transfer Gadi Moses and Arbel Yehud from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad vehicle to Red Cross vehicles,