\"According to the information communicated by the Red Cross, two hostages were transferred to them, and they are on their way to IDF and ISA forces in the Gaza Strip,\" a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency said. \"The IDF is prepared to receive additional hostages who are due to be transferred to the Red Cross in the near future.\"

Meanwhile, after a signing ceremony between Red Cross and Hamas officials, three hostages -- Eliya Cohen, 27; Omer Shem Tov, 22; and Omar Wankert, 23 -- were released in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

\"According to the information communicated by the Red Cross, three hostages were transferred to them, and they are on their way to IDF and ISA forces in the Gaza Strip,\" read a separate joint statement from the IDF and ISA. \"The IDF is prepared to receive an additional hostage who is due to be transferred to the Red Cross in the near future.\"

A sixth hostage, Hisham Al-Sayed, 36, was the last to be released, according to Israeli officials and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. He is being accompanied by Israeli forces to a meeting point in southern Israel to reunite with his family.

\"Israeli citizens embrace the six returnees who returned to Israel today,\" the Israeli Prime Minister''s Office said in a statement.

In exchange for these hostages, Israel was expected to release hundreds of Palestinians from its prisons, but delayed the release of the prisoners until further notice, a source confirmed to ABC News.

The decision is reportedly in response to the delayed return of Shiri Bibass body and the deaths of her and her two young children shortly after their kidnapping.

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s security consultation, a decision will be made on the continuation of the process, including the return of deceased hostages in this stage of the exchange, an Israeli political source said.

ABC News'' Jordana Miller contributed to this report.