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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Agencies

Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

protesters in Tel Aviv with sign in Hebrew in front of them
A protest in Tel Aviv, Israel demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Saturday 29 March. Photograph: Maya Alleruzzo/AP

Hamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant group released a video of a hostage making an appeal for his freedom.

Hamas’s chief, Khalil al-Hayya, reportedly said on Saturday that the militant group expressed willingness to release the five hostages over the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Sunday, after a proposal it received two days ago from Egypt and Qatar, Reuters has reported.

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