Throughout the war, the Israeli military had barred Palestinians from returning to the north by severing Gaza along the Netzarim corridor, a belt that runs east to west across the strip where troops cleared out the Palestinian population and set up bases.

Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher, and Emily Damari are the latest hostages to be released by Hamas as part of the ceasefire deal. Here's what we know about them.