The Palestinian militant group Hamas has handed over seven Israeli prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who have been held hostage in Gaza for two years.

With this, the first phase of the long-awaited ceasefire agreement has started, according to the international media.

Thousands of citizens gathered across Israel on Monday to watch the publicly broadcast prisoner handover. On television channels, prisoners were handed over to the Red Cross and the citizens expressed their happiness .

After 738 days, the Israeli citizens held hostage by the Palestinian rebel organization Hamas started to be handed over to Nepal on Monday morning.

In the list of 20 people who are going to be released by Hamas, Nepalis  Bipin Joshi's name is not known Official information has been received by the Nepali Embassy in Israel.

Thousands of citizens gathered across Israel on Monday to watch the publicly broadcast prisoner handover. Citizens expressed their happiness as the prisoners were handed over to the Red Cross on television channels.