From Global News.

Hamas militants on Saturday released the last six living Israeli hostages as part of the first phase of the ongoing ceasefire deal over Gaza. With just one week left of the first phase, and no concrete plans for step two, questions and concerns about the future of the Gaza Strip are ramping up.

Among the hostages released were three Israeli men taken from the Nova music festival and another ambushed when visiting family during Hamas’ attack at the Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023. There, the militant group killed more than 1,200 people and captured roughly 240 others. The other two hostages had been held for approximately a decade after entering Gaza on their own.

In exchange for the remaining hostages, Israel promised to release over 600 Palestinian prisoners — which would serve as the largest one-day prisoner release in the ceasefire’s first phase. The release, however, was delayed Saturday evening for what Israel called “security consultations.”

The hostage release comes days after a dispute between Israel and Hamas, when the militant group reportedly gave back the wrong body for Shiri Bibas, an Israeli mother abducted with her two young boys. The remains were, however, determined to be those of a Palestinian woman.

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