Hamas releases 3 more Israeli hostages for dozens of Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire

Hamas-led militants have released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli civilian men held for the past 16 months and Israel is freeing dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile agreement that has paused the war in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Donald Trump’s stunning proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, welcomed by Israel but vehemently rejected by the Palestinians and most of the international community, does not appear to have affected the current phase of the truce. But it could complicate talks over the second and more difficult phase, when Hamas is to release dozens more hostages in return for a lasting ceasefire.