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Hamas official says living hostages to be freed tomorrow; report: They’ll be released in several points
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Senior Hamas official Hussam Badran tells the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper that the release of the living hostages from Gaza will take place tomorrow.
The Qatari Al-Araby channel reports that Hamas will release the living hostages tomorrow morning at several points across the Gaza Strip.
The network also reports that tomorrow evening, the Palestinian terror group will transfer to Israel the bodies of several hostages who were killed.
According to the ceasefire agreement, Hamas is obligated to hand over to Israel all the living hostages, as well as the bodies of hostages whose whereabouts it knows, by 12 p.m. tomorrow.
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