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, he had changed so much that she didn’t recognize him at first.

Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Though the chaotic handover of some of the hostages, through an unruly crowd by masked militants,