DIRECT – Israel claims not to have been informed of the conditions in which the hostages are found that Hamas says it is ready to release

Gaza: Hamas says it is ready to release hostages in the “first phase” of an agreement

Hamas affirmed this Sunday that it was ready to release 34 Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza during the “first phase” of an agreement with Israel, which for its part emphasized that it had still not received a list from the movement Palestinian. A Hamas official told AFP that the Islamist group had “agreed to release 34 Israeli prisoners from a list provided by Israel in the first phase of a prisoner exchange deal.” This list, he specified, includes “all women, the sick, children and the elderly” among the Israeli hostages. “Hamas and the resistance groups need about a week of calm to communicate with the kidnappers and identify the (hostages) dead or alive,” added the official, who requested anonymity.