SHARM ESHEIKH, EGYPT, 12 Oct. - (ANA) - A top Hamas official told AFP Saturday that the release of 48 mostly Israeli captives held by Palestinian militants in Gaza would begin on Monday morning.

 

"According to the signed agreement, the prisoner exchange is set to begin on Monday morning as agreed, and there are no new developments on this matter," Osama Hamdan said in an interview to AFP.

 

Following the return of the captives from Gaza, Israel will proceed with the release of about 2,000 Palestinian detainees from its prisons, according to the terms of the first stage of a ceasefire deal signed by the two parties under US mediation.   - (ANA) -

 

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