Another 12 hostages handed to Red Cross

Gaza: Hamas has begun handing the latest batch of Israeli hostages over to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Israeli military said.

The group of released hostages includes 10 Israelis and two foreign nationals, the military said. Israel says 30 Palestinian prisoners to be released

Israel's prison authority also confirmed that 30 Palestinian prisoners had been released as part of the truce, which included 15 women and 15 male teenagers.

The announcement follows the release of 10 Israeli and two Thai hostages returned to Israel.

Regional broadcaster Al Jazeera reported that a bus carrying Palestinian prisoners departed Israel's Ofer prison on its way to the West Bank city of Beitunia.

Israel had earlier released 150 Palestinian prisoners under the truce deal with Hamas.

US airlifts aid for delivery to Gaza

The US said on Tuesday it had airlifted over 54,000 pounds (24.49 tons) of medical supplies and food aid to a humanitarian logistics hub in Egypt.

The supplies are to be sent on to civilians in Gaza, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement.

Sullivan said it was the first of three planned deliveries over the next few days.

"These supplies will save lives and alleviate the suffering of thousands in Gaza," Sullivan said.

Sullivan went on to say that the "ongoing humanitarian pause has enabled the international community to surge significant additional assistance" to civilians in Gaza.

The aid deliveries are the first by the US military since the conflict began following the October 7 attacks on Israel by militant-Islamist group Hamas, which the US, Germany and others classify as a terrorist organization.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that a German-Israeli citizen was among the 12 hostages released on Tuesday.

"Weeks of anguish have finally come to an end for other families: just today, 12 hostages were released — among them, a German woman. I'm relieved for them all," Baerbock said in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.