Hamas Official says Four Women Hostages to be Freed Saturday
This handout picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) shows relatives welcoming Israeli hostage Doron Steinbracher (2nd L) at the Sheba medical center in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, on January 19, 2025, after a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal in the war between Israel and Hamas was implemented. ©Maayan TOAF / GPO / AFP

Hamas official Taher al-Nunu told AFP on Tuesday that four Israeli women hostages will be freed in return for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, in the second such release under a ceasefire deal.

Nunu said the Palestinian Islamist group would release "four Israeli female detainees in exchange" for a second group of Palestinian prisoners.

Three Israeli women were freed Sunday in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners, as a ceasefire began in the Israel-Hamas war.

During the first phase of the ceasefire, a total of 33 hostages are to be returned from Gaza in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinians.

The initial 42-day phase should see a surge of aid as Israeli forces leave some areas of Gaza.

The details of the second phase are still being negotiated, with mediation from the United States, Egypt and Qatar.

With AFP

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