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The promising talks — which reportedly include the US, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey — come after negotiations repeatedly failed to reach another agreement for more than a year since the last deal in November 2023, when 105 hostages were released over a week-long truce.

Al-Ghad's sources said that some of the names on Israel's list include hostages that Hamas considers to be soldiers, whereas Hamas says it will only release the sick, the elderly, and children.

Israel has demanded the release of 34 hostages in the first phase of their ceasefire deal with Hamas. In the list, 11 hostages are touted by Hamas as Israeli soldiers, who do not meet the criteria to