Hamas agrees to hostages release, civilians to return to northern Gaza
Hamas will free Israeli hostage Arbel Yehuda, a civilian, and two other hostages before next Friday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a post Sunday on X.
Hamas will then hand over three other hostages next Saturday “in accordance with the agreement,” the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
In exchange, Israeli authorities will allow displaced people in the Gaza Strip to return to “northern areas” of Gaza Monday morning, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed the updated agreement, stating Yehuda, an Israeli soldier Agam Berger, and another unnamed hostage will be released Thursday, a statement from Netanyahu’s office said.
“Israel received from Hamas a list containing the status of all the hostages who are to be released in Phase A,” Netanyahu’s office said in the statement.
-ABC News' Ayat Al-Tawy, Nasser Atta and Anna Burd







