Israel – Times of Israel, January 06, 2025
Hamas was said Sunday evening to have agreed with Israel on a list of 34 hostages to be released in the first phase of a potential ceasefire deal, but the Palestinian terror group was refusing to detail who of them was alive, according to multiple reports citing Hamas and Israeli officials.
After a Hamas official was cited by the Reuters news agency as claiming the terror group had supplied such a list, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office quickly denied it and said that “as of now, Hamas has not given a list of hostages.”
Reuters later said the Hamas official had provided the outlet a copy of the list showing the names of 34 hostages it agreed to set free in any possible ceasefire deal with Israel. However, the agency didn’t say whose names were on it.
