Final female Israeli civilian held in Gaza not on list of names supplied by Hamas for next exchange
Hamas has published the names of four female Israeli soldiers being held captive in Gaza who it says it plans to release this weekend as part of the continuing ceasefire agreement between the armed group and
All those named by Hamas for the next exchange are female Israel Defense Forces observation troops who were abducted in Nahal Oz during the group’s surprise attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, when their base was overrun. “Israel’s insistence that it will continue to prosecute the war despite signing a three-stage agreement deal is the most dangerous violation, along with its troubling escalation and provocations in the West Bank.”
Israel believes about a third, or possibly as many as half, of the more than 90 hostages still in Gaza have died. Hamas has not, however, released definitive information on how many captives are still alive or the names of those who have died.
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