Senior Hamas leader Zaher Jabarin confirms that the terror group will publish the names later today of the four hostages set to be released tomorrow, per the terms of the ceasefire-hostage release deal that came into effect last Sunday.
Once Hamas has shared the names of the four hostages, Jabarin says Israel will be expected to provide it with the list of Palestinian security prisoners it will release in exchange.
He claims that the ceasefire agreement is holding “despite some violations by the Israeli occupation” but does not elaborate as to what alleged violations he is referring to.
Israel expects Hamas to release Arbel Yehud tomorrow, along with three more of the seven female hostages still in captivity. The others are Shiri Silberman Bibas, 33; Liri Albag, 19; Karina Ariev, 20; Agam Berger, 21; Danielle Gilboa, 20 and Naama Levy, 20.
Yehud and Silberman Bibas are both civilians, while Albag, Ariev, Berger, Gilboa and Levy are soldiers.
For each of the female soldiers, Israel will release 50 Palestinian prisoners, 30 of them convicted terrorists who are serving life sentences.
Early Monday, Israel released 30 prisoners for each of the three civilian female hostages — Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher — Hamas set free the previous afternoon.
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