Middle East crisis live: Israel sends negotiators back to Qatar for next stage of ceasefire talks | Israel-Gaza war

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered negotiators to return to Qatar to discuss the next stage of the ceasefire deal with Hamas after the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange was completed on Saturday. Substantial talks are not expected to start until after a security cabinet meeting on Monday, Israeli media reported.

The hospital treating the three Israeli hostages released from Gaza on Saturday said Or Levy and Eli Sharabi were in a “poor medical condition”, while Ohad Ben Ami was in a “severe nutritional state”. With their return, 73 out of 251 hostages taken during the attack now remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.

The Palestinian prisoners’ club advocacy group said of the 183 inmates released in return, seven required hospitalisation and described “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.

Hamas accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”.

The fifth exchange since the truce took effect last month comes as negotiations are set to begin on the next phase of the ceasefire, which could pave the way for a permanent end to Israel’s war on Gaza.

In some other key developments:

• Five Thai hostages released by Hamas last weekend have arrived back in Bangkok amid tearful scenes of joy in the capital. The five farm workers smiled as they walked through the arrivals hall and were greeted by family and foreign ministry officials on Sunday. Pongsak Tanna, one of those freed, said he was at a “loss for words” as he saw his family. “I thank everyone who helped us make it out. We wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for them. We can finally return to our motherland,” he said. The other four who were released were Watchara Sriaoun, Sathian Suwannakham, Surasak Lamnau and Bannawat Saethao. The five returnees are now making their way to their hometowns. One Thai national, Nattapong Pinta, is still believed to be alive in Gaza.

• Each released Thai hostage is to receive a one-off payment of around $18,000 (600,000 baht), along with a monthly salary of $900 until the age of 80, Thai officials said. Boonsong Tapchaiyut, a labour ministry official at the airport on Sunday, said the payments would ensure they did not have to return to Israel to find jobs that would support their families. Foreign minister Maris Sangiampongsa said it was “very inspiring” to witness their return, and that officials would monitor their reintegration into Thai society, “focusing on their mental health”.

• Egypt will host an Arab summit on 27 February to discuss what it said were “serious” developments for Palestinian people, according to the country’s foreign ministry. Cairo has rejected Donald Trump’s plans – condemned as ethnic cleansing – to move Palestinians out of their territories in Gaza and the occupied West Bank to neighbouring countries such as Egypt and Jordan.