Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- The Israeli military has just confirmed that the second group of living Israeli hostages have been transferred to the Red Cross.

The 13 hostages are now on their way to Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency forces in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier this morning, Hamas already released seven people as its first batch of hostage release.

Accordingly, all of the living Israeli hostages have now been released by Hamas.

The bodies of the deceased hostages will be handed over later, the armed Palestinian group Hamas noted.

Israel's Foreign Ministry named the seven captives released earlier today:

Eitan Abraham Mor, 25

Gali Berman, 28

Ziv Berman, 28

Omri Miran, 48

Alon Ohel, 24

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24

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