“More people are coming to the location of the potential release of Israeli captives [here in Khan Younis]. Thousands of civilians — children, women, elderly people — are here to witness the scene,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Khan Younis, Gaza.

“It is taking place in the city of Khan Younis, in front of the destroyed house of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,” he said.

Dozens of fighters [from both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad] are lined up in the area, preparing for the arrival of the Israeli captives, along with the Red Cross.

They are trying to control the situation on the ground and organise the exchange. Hamas fighters are on the rooftop of the house. Other onlookers are on the rooftops of nearby buildings.

“Neither the Israeli captives nor the Red Cross representatives have arrived yet,” he said.