Difficult Negotiations Await Over Next Phase of Cease-Fire as Hamas Frees Six More Hostages in Exchange With Israel
The hostages freed Saturday are the last living ones to be released under the first part of the truce deal.
TEL AVIV â Hamas freed six hostages in the latest exchange Saturday, even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The exchange completed the first phase of a deal to trade hostages for a ceasefire.
The six included three Israeli men seized from the Nova music festival and another abducted while visiting his family in southern Israel when Hamas stormed across the border in the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks that triggered Israelâs nearly 16-month campaign in the Gaza Strip.
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