Published on 01/27/2025 at 1:12 a.m.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas will release three hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Friday, including Israeli civilian Arbel Yehud, Qatar, which oversaw the ceasefire agreement between Israel, said on Sunday. and the Palestinian armed group.
Separately, Israel said it would allow residents of the northern half of the Gaza Strip, displaced by fighting in the enclave, to return home on Monday morning, as reported earlier in a statement from the Qatari ministry. of Foreign Affairs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that civilian Arbel Yehud, soldier Agam Berger and another hostage would be released by Hamas.
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-Israel earlier accused Hamas of not respecting the terms of the ceasefire agreement, as it awaited the release of Arbel Yehud on January 25.
(Nidal al-Mughrabi, with Ahmed Tolba and Hatem Maher; French version Jean Terzian)
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