{"id":294346,"date":"2025-02-15T07:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/15\/hamas-due-to-release-three-israeli-hostages-after-fears-over-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T07:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:44:40","slug":"hamas-due-to-release-three-israeli-hostages-after-fears-over-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/15\/hamas-due-to-release-three-israeli-hostages-after-fears-over-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas due to release three Israeli hostages after fears over ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p>Alexander Troufanov (left), Yair Horn (centre) and Sagui Dekel-Chen (right) were taken from the same kibbutz<\/p><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re expecting Hamas to release three Israeli hostages today &#8211; and, in return, Israel free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The names of the Israelis being freed were confirmed by Hamas yesterday &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Alexander Troufanov<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Yair Horn\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Sagui Dekel-Chen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In return, 369 Palestinian prisoners will be let out of Israeli jails &#8211; 36 who have life sentences and 333 from the Gaza Strip who were detained without charges after 7 October, according to the Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Media Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s scheduled release comes after days of fears over the Gaza ceasefire, which began last month. On Monday, Hamas said it would not release the hostages, accusing Israel of breaching the ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In return, Israel said it would resume attacks on Gaza if hostages were not released<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In last week\u2019s release, the three male hostages were paraded in front of crowds in Gaza, with concerns later raised for their health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short while after, 183 Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli jails. Again, concerns were raised following reports some needed hospital treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll bring you all the latest as today\u2019s handover unfolds &#8211; including from our teams on the ground.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Troufanov (left), Yair Horn (centre) and Sagui Dekel-Chen (right) were taken from the same kibbutz We\u2019re expecting Hamas to release three Israeli hostages today &#8211; and, in return, Israel free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The names of the Israelis being freed were confirmed by Hamas yesterday &#8211;\u00a0Alexander Troufanov,\u00a0Yair Horn\u00a0and\u00a0Sagui Dekel-Chen. In return, 369 Palestinian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":294347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hamas due to release three Israeli hostages after fears over ceasefire - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/15\/hamas-due-to-release-three-israeli-hostages-after-fears-over-ceasefire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hamas due to release three Israeli hostages after fears over ceasefire - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alexander Troufanov (left), Yair Horn (centre) and Sagui Dekel-Chen (right) were taken from the same kibbutz We\u2019re expecting Hamas to release three Israeli hostages today &#8211; and, in return, Israel free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. 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