Qatar is expected to pass a list of three hostages set to be released on Saturday to Mossad chief David Barnea, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported Friday morning, noting that the list was expected sometime that day.
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Fatah-aligned Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin, received a hero's welcome in Ramallah on Thursday night after he was released with 109 other Palestinian prisoners as part of phase one of Israel's ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs warns of the danger posed by those terrorists who are being exiled from Israel rather than released in Judea and Samaria or Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal.
The large-scale release of high-profile Palestinian terrorists will require extensive surveillance by the Mossad to thwart potential attacks.
Simultaneously, Israeli officials are awaiting a list of all surviving hostages set to be freed in the first stage of the deal. However, preparations are underway for the possibility that Hamas may withhold the names and only provide the number of surviving hostages instead.
Already, the fragile deal has come under considerable stress, and it could collapse in the weeks to come. Yet for the time being, the fighting has stopped in both Gaza and Lebanon, and hostages have begun to come home.
An Islamic Jihad official announced that Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud will be released before the upcoming hostages-prisoners exchange. This decision was confirmed following successful mediation efforts.
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Israel remains on high alert on Friday as it anticipates receiving the names of four female hostages expected to be released on Saturday as part of the second phase of the hostage release agreement with Hamas.