After top-level security consult, Israel decides breach not grave enough to end ceasefire agreement, which calls for terror group to free female civilians before women soldiers The post Hamas names 4 female hostages to be freed Sat.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas has violated an agreement on the release of hostages with its publication of those to be released on Saturday.

Three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in the first swap. The ceasefire halted the war which began when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages.