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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Hamas says 4 female hostages to be released on Saturday

Protesters hold candles and cutout portraits of hostages held captive in Gaza during a demonstration calling for action to secure their release, outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025 (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Hamas official Taher al-Nunu tells AFP that four Israeli women hostages will be freed in return for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, in the second such release under a ceasefire deal.
Nunu says Hamas would release “four Israeli female detainees in exchange” for a second group of Palestinian prisoners.
He does not name them.
There are seven female hostages remaining from the original list of 33 to be released in the first phase of the hostage ceasefire deal: Arbel Yehud, 29; Shiri Silberman Bibas, 33; Liri Albag, 19; Karina Ariev, 20; Agam Berger, 21; Danielle Gilboa, 20 and Naama Levy, 20.