Under the Trump Gaza peace plan, Hamas will return Israeli hostages in the first phase, following which Israel will release around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in a phased manner. (File)
Gaza ceasefire : Palestinian armed group Hamas, which recently signed a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Israel under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, said the release of Israeli hostages would begin Monday morning as outlined in the deal.
When will Hamas release Israeli hostages?
According to senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, there are no new developments in the matter, and prisoner exchange would begin as scheduled, AFP reported. Israeli figures suggest there are currently 48 Israeli hostages in Gaza, who were abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, when it launched a braze