Israeli hostages and Palestinian inmates freed in ceasefire swap

Hamas releases three more Israelis, as 369 Palestinians are handed over in the sixth exchange in recent weeks.

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The three hostages handed over on Saturday are American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, Argentinian-Israeli Yair Horn, 46, and Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, 29.

In return, 369 Palestinians held in Israeli jails were released.

So far 19 hostages held in Gaza and over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have been freed as part of the Gaza ceasefire that began on 19 January 2025.

By the end of the first six-week stage of the deal, 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners are expected to have been freed.

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