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Monday, January 20, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 20, 2025
Hamas clarifies next release of hostages will take place on Saturday
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Hamas in an official statement says that the next hostage release will take place on Saturday, January 25, as initially scheduled.
The statement comes after a spokesperson for the terror group’s prisoners’ office claimed that the next hostage release would happen on Sunday, a day later than agreed.
Four hostages are set to be released this coming Saturday. Over the following four weeks, three hostages will be released each Saturday, until a final group of 14 on day 42 of the ceasefire.
