4th hostage release held up, as Hamas seeking to again separate mothers from children — official

By Tal Schneider

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27 November 2023, 4:03 pm

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Tal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of Israel

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, November 25, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

One of the main issues dragging out talks over the release of the fourth batch of Israeli hostages later today is that the list of names Hamas said it plans to release would separate several children from their mothers, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.

Israel says the truce with Hamas bars the terror group from separating mothers from their children — something that it has already done once earlier in the temporary ceasefire.