Hamas names four Israeli captives to be released in latest ceasefire swap

Hamas says 4 pistillate soldiers to beryllium exchanged for Palestinian prisoners connected Saturday.

Hamas has announced the names of 4 Israeli pistillate soldiers to beryllium released successful speech for Palestinian prisoners successful the 2nd swap nether the ceasefire successful Gaza.

The bureau of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it received the database submitted by Hamas connected Friday but has not confirmed the names.

The exchange, expected to statesman connected Saturday afternoon, follows the release connected Sunday, the ceasefire’s archetypal day, of 3 Israeli women and 90 Palestinian prisoners, the archetypal specified speech for much than a year.

In the six-week archetypal signifier of the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has agreed to merchandise 50 Palestinian prisoners for each pistillate worker freed, officials person said.

That suggests that 200 Palestinian prisoners would beryllium released this play successful instrumentality for the 4 Israelis.

However, immoderate reports indicated that the database does not align with the presumption of the ceasefire and Israel had been expecting definite civilians to beryllium included successful the latest database for release.

“Israel wanted civilians to beryllium released first, past soldiers and past those who were deemed highly sick arsenic portion of the archetypal signifier of this deal,” Al Jazeera’s Hamduh Salut reported from Amman, Jordan.

Since the merchandise of the 3 women connected Sunday and the betterment of the assemblage of an Israeli worker missing for a decade, Israel said 94 Israelis and foreigners stay held successful Gaza.

The ceasefire, worked retired aft months of on-off negotiations brokered by Qatar and Egypt and backed by the United States, halted the warring for the archetypal clip since a truce that lasted conscionable a week successful November 2023.

In the archetypal phase, Hamas has agreed to merchandise 33 captives successful speech for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held successful Israeli jails.

In a consequent phase, the 2 sides are to negociate the speech of the remaining captives and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, which lies mostly successful ruins aft 15 months of warring and Israeli bombardments.

Israel’s war connected Gaza has killed astatine slightest 47,283 Palestinians and wounded 111,472 since October 7, 2023. At slightest 1,139 radical were killed successful Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that time and much than 200 were taken captive.

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