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Israeli officials said to confirm Hamas offering earlier hostage release

By Nava Freiberg 12 October 2025, 1:27 pm 1 Edit

Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

Hebrew media are citing unnamed Israeli officials confirming a Wall Street Journal report that Jerusalem has received indications that Hamas is seeking to move up the release of the hostages in Gaza to tonight.

According to the reports, the terror group has signaled it wants to complete the process before US President Donald Trump’s arrival to Israel tomorrow morning.

There is no official confirmation of the possibly accelerated timetable. Israeli officials had previously said they were expecting the hostages to be freed Monday morning.

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