US EditionWhen is Hamas expected to release Israeli hostages?
- On Monday, Israeli government spokeswoman Shosh Bedrosian said the 20 living captives will be released together to the Red Cross and arrive `early Monday morning` under a ceasefire deal.
- The latest ceasefire, which began Friday, aims to end a two-year war triggered by Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 attack that killed some 1,200 and saw 251 kidnapped, with Israel set to release around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
- Inside Gaza, hostages endured 734 days in dark Hamas tunnels before moving to private rooms with clean sheets and gift baskets, while 28 bodies are expected to be returned and at least 25 hostages were killed.
- Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is ready to `immediately` receive the captives, the US president will arrive on Monday morning to meet hostage families, and US vice-president JD Vance said the hostages would be released `any moment now`.
- It remains unclear how many of the remaining around 20 hostages are alive, and Hamas’s videos filmed under duress have sparked large family protests in Israel.
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With joy and disbelief, the surviving hostages set foot on Israeli soil again two years after their abduction. On Monday morning, Hamas handed over the first group of seven hostages to the International Red Cross, followed by a second group of thirteen later that day.
After more than two years of captivity, the Hamas terrorist group released on Monday the 20 Israeli hostages captured during the October 7 attack, as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel. Read more]]>
Trump Says Hamas May Release Hostages Early
President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Hamas might release the 20 remaining hostages a bit sooner than scheduled as part of the cease‑fire deal ending the Israel‑Hamas war. Trump said, “We may get them out a little bit early,” adding that the operation was complicated because some hostages were held “in places you don’t want to know about.” Under the agreement, Hamas is expected to deliver all 20 living hostages as part of the …
The hostages released, all men between the ages of 20 and 48, are already on Israeli territory and will undergo a medical examination before meeting with their families.
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