{"id":239648,"date":"2025-02-15T15:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/a-closer-look-at-the-3-hostages-freed-by-hamas\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:24:11","slug":"a-closer-look-at-the-3-hostages-freed-by-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/a-closer-look-at-the-3-hostages-freed-by-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at the 3 Hostages Freed by Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday in a ceremony marked by some of the same provocative theatrics used by the Palestinian militants in previous releases.<\/p>\n

It was the sixth round of a tense series of hostage-for-prisoner exchanges that are part of a 42-day cease-fire deal<\/a> between Israel and Hamas, which went into effect last month. Overall, Hamas agreed to release 33 of the nearly 100 people who were captured on Oct. 7, 2023. In exchange, Israel agreed to free more than 1,000 Palestinians held in its jails and partially withdraw from Gaza.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a closer look at the three civilian male hostages, including an Israeli American, who were released on Saturday:<\/p>\n