Israeli official: Published hostage list was one sent by Israel to Hamas in the past

By Lazar Berman

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6 January 2025, 9:17 am

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

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)

The list of hostages circulating this morning is an Israeli list sent to Hamas in the past, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.

“Hamas hasn’t sent any list,” says the official, adding that Israel hasn’t received formal approval of the list.

Earlier this morning a Saudi outlet published a list of 34 hostages to be freed in the first phase of a potential hostage-ceasefire deal. An unnamed Hamas official said that it would take time for the terror group to determine who was alive.