Of all the images to have streamed out of Gaza on Sunday, perhaps the most telling was, ironically, that of a camera itself.

The four Kalashnikov-wielding Hamas fighters standing atop the white pick-up truck were not particularly noteworthy in themselves.

After all, such a scene was repeating itself at locations across the benighted enclave on day one of the historic hostage release deal.

Standing among them, however, was a colleague – apparently of equal status – brandishing not a gun but a large and modern tripod-mounted camera.

“Salute to the media team,” posted one Hamas supporter – apparently without a shred of irony – beneath a picture of the group posted online.