Mediators confirmed, on Saturday evening, the completion of the second prisoner exchange within the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which included the handover of 4 female Israeli soldiers in exchange for the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners.

In a statement via the "X" platform, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said: "The mediators (Doha, Cairo and Washington) announce the completion of the handover of 4 detained Israeli women, one of whom holds Bulgarian citizenship, to the Israeli side, in exchange for the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons."

She added that this came within the framework of "the second exchange (of prisoners) since the start of the ceasefire."