Hamas announced on Tuesday that it will release six living Israeli captives on Saturday as part of the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Israel.
“It has been agreed to release the remaining six living Israeli captives on Saturday under the first phase” of the Gaza deal, Hamas leader in Gaza Khalil Al-Hayya said in a recorded speech.
He also named Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu among those who will be freed.
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Hamas handed over the bodies of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, along with their mother Shiri Bibas and hostage Oded Lifschitz, on Thursday under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Red Cross vehicles carried the four black coffins, each bearing a photo of the hostages.
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A senior Hamas official has said the group will release on Saturday the six remaining hostages who are alive within the first phase of the Gaza hostage deal. In addition, four bodies will be handed over on Thursday.
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The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has announced that Muhammed Shaheen, the Head of Hamas’ Operations Department in Lebanon, was eliminated in a precise airstrike on a car in the Sidon area today.
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Tel Aviv—Thousands of protesters have rallied, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secure the release of all remaining hostages in Gaza before the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
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