Friday February 7, 2025 | TheNewsDESK
Hamas has released the names of three Israeli hostages it says it will release on Saturday in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
According to MSN, the hostages are Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy, Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida said in a Telegram post.
In return for the captives’ release, Hamas said it expects 183 Palestinian prisoners to be released.
Both Mr Ami and Mr Sharabi were taken from Kibbutz Be’eri during the October 7, 2023 attack. The cross-border attack saw around 1,200 Israelis killed and around 250 people taken hostage.
Mr Levy was abducted from the Nova music festival.
Of the Palestinian prisoners being freed, 18 have been serving life sentences, 54 were serving long sentences and the vast majority, 111, were detained in the Gaza Strip during the war.
