Hamas Releases Names Of First Three Israeli Hostages To Be Freed After Ceasefire Delayed

‪Hamas has now released the names of the first three Israeli female hostages to be freed, after the ceasefire was delayed with less than an hour to go.‬

‪They are Doron Steinbrecher, 31, and dual British-Israeli Emily Damari, 28, who were kidnapped from their kibbutz, as well as Romi Gonen, 24, who was taken from the Supernova festival.‬

‪The ceasefire was due to start at 08:30 (06:30 GMT) on Sunday but Israel delayed it after Hamas did not give them the list of hostages in time – Hamas says the delay was “due to technical field reasons”‬

‪Israel continues to carry out strikes on Gaza and 10 people have been killed today since the truce was meant to start, the Hamas-run civil defence agency says‬

‪Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages‬

‪The attack triggered a massive Israeli offensive on Gaza, during which more than 46,800 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry‬