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The names of the three hostages set to be released Thursday have been identified, according to the Hostage Center. American Keith Seigal is not on the list for Thursday's release.

“The Families' Headquarters for the Return of the Abductees welcomes the good news of the expected release of Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Mozes after 482 days in Hamas captivity. An entire people is fighting for them and eagerly awaits their long-awaited return to the arms of their families,” a spokesperson for the Families’ Headquarters for the Return of the Abductees said in a statement on Wednesday.

“We have the sacred duty and moral right to return all our brothers and sisters home. We will not give up and will not stop at any stage until all the abductees return home within the framework of the current agreement, until the last abductee — the living for rehabilitation and the dead for a proper burial in their country,” the spokesperson said.

“The families of the abductees were informed by IDF liaison officers of the names of the abductees who will be released tomorrow, in the third wave of the plan. According to the agreement, the next wave, in which 3 additional abductees (men who are alive) are to be released, will take place on Saturday. The families will be informed of the names of those being released on Friday,” said the directorate of abductees, returnees and missing persons in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.

After significantly increasing operations in the West Bank over the past two weeks, the Israeli defense minister is now saying the IDF will stay in Jenin even after they complete the current ongoing operation there.

“We have declared war on Palestinian terrorism in Judea and Samaria. Operation Iron Wall is intended to crush the terrorist infrastructures built in the Palestinian refugee camps with Iranian funding and armament. The Jenin refugee camp will not return to what it was after the operation is completed, the IDF will remain in the camp to ensure that terrorism does not return,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.

"I am sending a clear message from here to the Palestinian Authority: Stop funding terrorism and the murder of Jews and start seriously fighting terrorism. Whoever funds the families of murderous terrorists and educates their children to destroy Israel — endangers its very existence,” Katz said.

Israeli forces say two Palestinians were killed and six others were wounded “during counterterrorism operations” in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday.

The Israel Defense Forces said it dismantled weapons storage facilities and a weapons manufacturing workshop during their operation in Jenin.

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Israel has launched several strikes against southern Lebanon on Tuesday, saying it struck a Hezbollah truck and an additional vehicle transferring weapons in the areas of Chaqif and Nabatieh.

"The truck and the additional vehicle were struck after being monitored by the IDF at the time of the transfer of the weapons," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

"The IDF is determined to continue to operate in accordance with the understanding between Israel and Lebanon, despite Hezbollah's attempts to return to southern Lebanon, and will operate against any threat posed to the state of Israel and its citizens," the IDF said.