Four Israeli women held hostage in Gaza will be released on Saturday as part of the next hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, a senior official in the militant group said Tuesday.
Hamas official Taher al-Nunu told AFP on Tuesday that four Israeli women hostages will be freed in return for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, in the second such release under a ceasefire deal.
Nunu said the Palestinian Islamist group would release “four Israeli female detainees in exchange” for a second group of Palestinian prisoners.
Three Israeli women were freed Sunday in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners, as a ceasefire began in the Israel-Hamas war.
During the first phase of the ceasefire, a total of 33 hostages are to be returned from Gaza in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinians.
The initial 42-day phase should see a surge of aid as Israeli forces leave some areas of Gaza.
The details of the second phase are still being negotiated, with mediation from the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
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