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- Hamas names three Israeli captives to be released on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners following a tense delay that came after the group accused Israel of breaching their ceasefire by preventing humanitarian aid and other key supplies from entering Gaza.
- Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, both taken captive from Kibbutz Be’eri during the cross-border Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and Or Levy, abducted that day from the Nova music festival, will be handed over on Saturday, Hamas says.
- The Hamas prisoners media office says Israel is expected to free 183 Palestinians in exchange: 18 who have been serving life sentences, 54 serving long sentences and 111 who were detained in the Gaza Strip during the war.
- Hamas says it may not be able to hand over the remains of some Israeli captives because they are among more than 12,000 bodies under the rubble in Gaza and Israel is preventing heavy equipment from entering the enclave, according to the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, Salama Maarouf.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed a confirmed 47,583 people and injured 111,633, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. The Government Media Office has updated the death toll to at least 61,709 people, saying thousands of people who were missing under the rubble are now presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.