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The next Israeli hostages Hamas will release include U.S. and Russian nationals

This combination of pictures created on Friday shows posters of three Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023: Israeli American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli Russian Alexander "Sasha" Trupanov and Israeli Argentinian Yair Horn. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had received the names of three hostages to be released by Palestinian militants from Gaza Friday.

Hamas says it will release three hostages on Saturday, resolving a dispute with Israel that threatened to derail the ceasefire. In exchange, Israel will free dozens of Palestinians from jail.

(Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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