Middle East live updates: Siegel's family thanks President Trump 'for bringing our father back to us'

American Keith Siegel has been released from captivity Saturday morning.

His release took place in Gaza City where he was taken onto a stage wearing a cap, flanked by masked and armed Hamas forces with the waters of the Mediterranean and the destroyed port behind them.

A crowd watched calmly from a short distance away while Hamas photographers on stage and drones above filmed the release.

Siegel walked on his own power and he will now undergo medical checks before being reunited with his family shortly.

“According to information communicated by the Red Cross, one hostage was transferred to them, and they are on their way to IDF and ISA forces in the Gaza Strip,” read a joint statement from the IDF and the ISA.

Two returning hostages are currently being accompanied by IDF special forces and ISA forces on their return to Israeli territory, where they will undergo an initial medical assessment.

"A short while ago, the returning civilian hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, crossed the border into Israeli territory accompanied by IDF and ISA forces.," according to a joint IDF and ISA Announcement. "The returning civilian hostages are currently on their way to an initial reception point in southern Israel."

Thousands of Egyptians gathered on Friday near the Rafah border crossing to protest a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, according to Egyptian media.

Thousands of protesters chanted slogans against the displacement of Palestinians and waved Egyptian and Palestinian flags near the border, local TV footage showed.

The area is highly secured and can only be accessed with a government escort.

Last week, Trump proposed a plan to "clean out" the war-torn Gaza Strip, and relocate its residents to Jordan and Egypt, an idea both countries have dismissed. Despite this, Trump insisted Thursday that the two states will ultimately take displaced Gazans.

"They will do it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked for his response to the Egyptian and Jordanian refusal, and whether he would consider imposing tariffs on either country to push them.

"We do a lot for them, and they’re going to do it," Trump said.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had said that the forced displacement of Palestinians is an "injustice that we can never take part in."

He said Egyptians would take to the streets to reject the relocation of Palestinians if he asked them about Trump’s proposal.

-ABC News' Ayat El-Tawy

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues, at least 462,000 people have crossed from the south into Northern Gaza in the last week, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Displaced Palestinians are also moving from north to south, in smaller numbers -- about 1,400 people in total as of Friday, according to OCHA.

Across Gaza, extensive efforts are underway to restore critical services and provide aid amid an urgent need for supplies.