{"id":238907,"date":"2025-02-14T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/hamas-names-three-israeli-hostages-to-be-released-on-saturday\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:38:17","slug":"hamas-names-three-israeli-hostages-to-be-released-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/hamas-names-three-israeli-hostages-to-be-released-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas names three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The three hostages due to be released by Hamas on Saturday as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel have been named.<\/p>\n

Iair Horn, 46, US-Israeli Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, and Russian-Israeli Alexandre (Sasha) Troufanov, 29 are set to be freed after 498 days in captivity.<\/p>\n

All three men were taken from the same hard-hit kibbutz on 7 October, in the Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The news comes after fears the ceasefire deal could be heading for collapse.<\/p>\n

Hamas had threatened to <\/a>delay Saturday’s hostage release<\/a><\/strong>, accusing Israel of violating the terms of the truce.<\/p>\n

The group said Israel wasn’t allowing enough shelters, medical supplies, fuel and heavy equipment for clearing rubble into Gaza.<\/p>\n

In response, Israel, with the backing of US President Donald Trump, had threatened to renew its offensive<\/a><\/strong> if hostages were not freed.<\/p>\n

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But after intense efforts by Egyptian and Qatari mediators to keep last month’s US-backed agreement on track, Hamas said on Thursday it would go ahead with the planned release of hostages this weekend<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel accepted the list.<\/p>\n

Hamas said Israel was expected to release 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange.<\/p>\n

The ceasefire began on 19 January, bringing a pause to 16 months of war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

In its first stage, which will last 42 days, Hamas is meant to free 33 Israeli hostages taken during its attack on 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n

So far it has released 21 hostages – 16 Israelis and five Thai – in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli custody.<\/p>\n

Last week, the release of three Israeli men<\/a><\/strong> gave rise to concerns about their gaunt appearance, and what that said about the conditions they had been kept in during 16 months in captivity.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
What you need to know about Trump’s Gaza plan<\/strong><\/a>
The Israel-Hamas war in numbers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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More than 48,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count.<\/p>\n

At least 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage when Hamas launched its massacre in Israel on 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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