Hisham al-Sayed was the sixth hostage and was handed over to the Red Cross in a private exchange in Gaza City - Hamas has not explained why, but Israeli media reported it was "out of respect" for the Arab community in Israel, to which he belongs.

Talks with Israel through mediators on further steps in a ceasefire agreement are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being released as agreed, Hamas official Basem Naim said on Sunday. Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it had planned to free the day before until militant group Hamas met its conditions.