Hamas will be freeing six Israeli hostages on Saturday, in exchange for the liberation of hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, as tensions with Israel escalate in the West Bank.
The hostages include Tal Shoham, 40, Avera Mengistu, 38, Eliya Cohen, 27; Omer Shem Tov, 22; Hisham Al-Sayed, 36, and Omer Wenkert, 23, according to reports from the Associated Press.
Five of them have been released so far, with the sixth — Hesham al-Sayed — expected to be released later in the day.