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Palestinian armed groups prepare for Israeli hostage handover

Gaza, Feb 15 (UNI) Armed members of al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, were deployed Saturday in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip in preparation to hand over three Israeli hostages.
The Palestinian militants from Hamas and the PIJ were expected to deliver the Israeli hostages to the International Committee of Red Cross in Khan Younis, Xinhua correspondent in Gaza learned.
The hostage handover came in the sixth batch of the first phase of the ceasefire, which took effect on Jan. 19.
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