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HAMAS has handed over 17 more hostages, including nine children, on the 50th day of conflict between the terror group and Israel.

The IDF said Hamas released 14 Israeli civilians and three foreign nationals to the Red Cross on the third day of their fragile truce.

Fourteen Israeli hostages, including nine children, were escorted by armed Hamas terrorists to Red Cross workers on Sunday night

Oria Brodutch, four, was finally freed after seven weeks of captivityCredit: Reuters

Aviva Adrienne Siegel, 62, was also released on Sunday nightCredit: Reuters

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Thirteen released hostages have now reached Israeli territory, says the Israel Defence Forces.

The IDF wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday evening: "12 of the released hostages are being accompanied by ISA and IDF special forces to the Hatzerim Base, while an additional civilian landed at a hospital a short while ago.

"4 additional released hostages are on their way to the Rafah Crossing."

Hamas said it let 13 Israeli civilians go along with three Thai nationals and one Russian-Israeli citizen.

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The hostages released today have been named and several of them appear to be from the same family.

Mum Hagar Brodutch, 40, alongside children Ofry, Yuval and Oria Brodutch, 10, nine and four years old.

Mum Chen Goldstein-Almog, 48, has also been released alongside her children Agam, Gal and Tal Goldstein-Almog, 17, 11 and nine.

Dafna Elyakim, 15, was let go with her eight-year-old sister Ela Elyakim.

They were attacked at their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on the day of the bloody massacres and were part of a family group whose capture was live-streamed by Hamas brutes.

Alma Avraham, 84, and Aviva Siegal, 62, were freed on Sunday too.

Aviva was kidnapped with her husband Keith, who has US citizenship, on October 7. He is believed to still be in Gaza, according to the .

While Abigail Edan, just fours years old, was finally freed 50 days after she was orphaned.

Abigail's parents, Samdar and Roy Edan, were reportedly killed during the attacks while her siblings were saved.

She is the first US hostage to be released by Hamas.

Roni Krivoi, 25, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was also let go on Sunday.

IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said one of the hostages, who has not been not named, was “sent directly to hospital” after the 13 Israelis returned to the country.

US President Joe Biden said that an "older, non-American elderly woman was very sick and was in need of immediate medical help".

He added: "They arranged to cross directly into Israel to be able to take her to a hospital."

The terror group has released 26 Israeli hostages so far, as well as others of different nationalities, in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners.

But the truce hit shaky ground on Saturday when Hamas delayed the release of its hostages over alleged violations of the agreement by Israel.

Video showed the armed terrorists loading hostages into the back of Red Cross vans

A woman held a child's hand while she climbed into a vehicle

Several members of the same families were released on Sunday

Nine Israeli children were releasedCredit: AL JAZEERA/UNPIXS

The terror group claimed it had delayed the release of hostages because only 65 vehicles filled with humanitarian aid had reached northern Gaza since the ceasefire began on Friday.

Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan said this amount was "less than half of what Israel agreed on", the BBC reported.

A senior Hamas official further alleged Israel flew drones over southern Gaza, killed two Palestinians in an area of Gaza where civilians are free to move, and made changes to an agreed list of Palestinian prisoners to be released.

Israel denied violating the terms of its truce deal with Hamas, and an Israeli source told AFP: "Israel has not violated the agreement."

But late last night 13 hostages were released, including Irish-Israeli Emily Hand, who turned nine in Hamas captivity.

Emily and her dad Thomas enjoyed a tearful reunion as the nine-year-old underwent physical and mental health checks after nearly 50 days held by the terror group.

Red Cross officials in Gaza last night confirmed the handover had taken place and the group made their way to safety in Egypt before returning home to Israel.

Israeli PM Netanyahu today visited northern Gaza for the first time since the start of the war.

He said: "We are making every effort to return our hostages, and eventually we will return them all."

"We have three goals for this war: eliminating Hamas, returning all our hostages, and ensuring that Gaza does not become a threat to the State of Israel again.

"We will continue until the end, until victory. Nothing will stop us."

The IDF said approximately 40 children have been held captive by the terror group since the October 7 massacre.

Under Israel and Hamas' new truce deal, around 12 hostages are set to be released per day in phases, it has been understood.

However, moments before the ceasefire began on Friday, the IDF insisted the truce "is temporary" - and urged people in Gaza not to move north.

IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee stressed: "The war is not over yet.

"The northern Gaza Strip is a dangerous war zone, and it is forbidden to move north.

"For your safety, you must remain in the humanitarian zone in the south."

Palestinian civilians have been fleeing for their lives as Israel attempts to destroy Hamas after the terror group massacred 1,200 civilians last month.

Families living in Gaza have been caught in the brutal crossfire, with regular accusations that the terrorists are attempting to use them as “human shields”.

Much of the northern part of the strip has been turned into a devastated warzone - with ruined buildings, dwindling supplies and horrific suffering for Gaza’s people.

The Red Cross estimates that some 1.5million civilians have been forced to flee south amid the Israeli onslaught from land, air and sea.

Figures for the death toll remain unverified - but Hamas’ health officials claim more than 11,000 civilians, including more than 4,500 children, have been killed.