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Friday, February 14, 2025
Witkoff said working to secure early release of remaining phase one living hostages next week
Channel 12 reports that US President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is working to try and secure the release of the remaining living hostages already next week.
After three hostages are released on Saturday, there will be six remaining hostages believed to be alive who are slated to be released before the end of the first phase.
The deal stipulates that those six will be released on February 22 and March 1, but Witkoff is working to move that timeline up, Channel 12 says.