Most were held underground and not exposed to sunlight for extended periods of time When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook livestream after his release Thursday,

The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.

Gathered in a conference room at an undisclosed location alongside military personnel, the families were exuberant as they witnessed the end of 471 days of captivity for their relatives.