US EditionVance confirms to ABC that Hamas has 20 living hostages, expected release in next 24 hours
- On Monday, Hamas announced it will begin releasing Israeli hostages held in Gaza, with Osama Hamdan telling AFP, `According to the signed agreement, the prisoner exchange is set to begin on Monday morning as agreed.`
- As part of the ceasefire's first phase, the release follows the October 7, 2023 attack, with Israel set to free around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under a US-brokered plan.
- Medical officials report living hostages will be moved to the International Red Cross, while Israel transferred 250 national security detainees to Ofer and Ketziot prisons and placed Tel Aviv-area hospitals on high alert.
- Families reacted emotionally as uncertainty remains with no official list or timetable, Israeli officials prepare for delays while Hamas must hand over 47 remaining hostages by noon Monday.
- On Monday afternoon, an international summit chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will convene more than 20 countries in Sharm el-Sheikh amid complex second-phase talks as Hamas rejects disarmament and will not formally sign the Gaza agreement.
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Naver(Tel Aviv/Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho and Reporter Kim A-ram = Israeli hostages taken by the Palestinian armed group Hamas were released on the morning of the 13th (local time)...
Israel prepares to welcome last living hostages from Gaza amid ceasefire
Cairo: Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last 20 living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the dead, in the key exchange of the breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of prisoners held by Israel. US President Donald Trump was arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the US-proposed deal and postwar plans. A surge of humanitarian aid was expect…
The Hebrew state is preparing for the return of the hostages detained in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas has pledged to begin to release Monday morning, just before an international summit on the future of the Palestinian territory that will meet in Egypt around Donald Trump.
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