Drone footage showed large crowds of Palestinians waiting to be allowed to return to the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, a day after Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners. A delay in freeing another hostage prompted Israel to block hundreds of thousands of Gazan residents from returning to the enclave's bombed-out north. A Hamas official said the group had informed mediators that this hostage was alive and she would be freed next Saturday
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