GAZA CITY/ RAMALLAH: Hamas’s armed wing confirmed it will hand over Saturday six hostages held alive in the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel.
The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement on Friday that the release would occur as planned.
Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum published the names of the six hostages earlier this week, naming them as Eliya Cohen, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Hisham Al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu.
Meanwhile, Israel will free 602 inmates from jails on Saturday as part of a hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group.
Among those released, 445 are individuals from Gaza who were arrested after Hamas’ October 7 attack that sparked the war, 60 are serving long sentences, 50 are serving life sentences, and 47 were re-arrested after a 2011 prisoner exchange, Amani Sarahneh, spokeswoman for the NGO, told AFP.
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Hamas armed wing confirms it will release six Israeli hostages Saturday
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Hamas armed wing confirms it will release six Israeli hostages Saturday
- Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum published the names of the six hostages earlier this week
- The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said Israel will free 602 inmates from jails
Palestinian president hospitalized in Ramallah - WAFA
- Abbas was undergoing routine medical check-ups at Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah
CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was transferred on Monday to a hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah to undergo medical tests, according to official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Abbas, 90, was undergoing routine medical check-ups at Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah, the agency said.
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