How many prisoners and captives have been released?

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There have now been three prisoner-captive exchanges since the four-day truce started on Friday, Al Jazeera reports.

In total, 175 people have now been released including:

  • 39 Israeli citizens released by Hamas, in three groups of 13.
  • 117 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel, in three groups of 39.
  • 17 Thais released by Hamas.
  • One Filipino released by Hamas.
  • One Israeli-Russian released by Hamas.
  • Hamas said 50 women and children are to be freed in return for 150 Palestinian women and children in Israeli jails in total under the truce deal.

Israeli media are reporting that Israel is yet to receive a list of names of 11 hostages expected to be released by Hamas today.

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