A phone call with a location is the first step.
Following receipt of the information, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) departs in cars bearing the logo of the humanitarian group to retrieve the hostages in Gaza.
Additionally, Israeli medical and military personnel are gathered in various locations, anticipating their return home.
Watched globally, the captive releases follow months of intense talks to put an end to a conflict that started on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel and abducted 251 more.
According to the health ministry administered by Hamas, around 47,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza in the 15 months that followed, and many more were displaced by Israeli shelling.
