Gaza hostage release continues
A total 26 Israeli hostages have been swapped for 78 Palestinian prisoners
A total 26 Israeli hostages have been swapped for 78 Palestinian prisoners
Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after freeing 13 Israelis and four Thai hostages Saturday night, officials said.
Israel said it in turn freed 39 Palestinian prisoners on the third day of the four-day truce that was also part of the prisoner-swap deal between Hamas and Israel.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had since received a list of hostages due to be released by Hamas on Sunday and it was being checked by security officials and families of the hostages had been informed.
Hamas has released 26 Israeli hostages in exchange for 78 Palestinian prisoners in the two releases completed on Friday and Saturday.
Among the hostages freed late Saturday was 21-year-old Maya Regev, who had been kidnapped while attending the Supernova music festival by Hamas in its deadly 7 October assault on Israel, according to a forum of the hostages' families.
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She was the first of the music festival hostages to be released since armed Hamas fighters swooped on the event, killing hundreds, taking captives, and sending others fleeing for their lives.
