Islamic Jihad official says deal reached for release of Arbel Yehud; PM’s office: ‘Talks are ongoing’

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad official tells Reuters that mediators have reached an agreement regarding the release of civilian hostage Arbel Yehud.
The source says that she will be released before the next round of hostage releases on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office says that “talks are ongoing” to secure Yehud’s release from Gaza, where she is believed to be held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Israel has said that Hamas’s refusal to release Yehud, a civilian, during yesterday’s hostage release was a violation of the ceasefire deal and therefore it has refused to open up the coastal road in the Netzarim Corridor to allow Gazans to return to the northern part of the Strip, another element of the deal.