{"id":293065,"date":"2025-10-10T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/293065\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T22:32:09","slug":"optimism-grows-in-israel-hostages-could-be-freed-before-monday-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/293065\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimism grows in Israel: Hostages could be freed before Monday deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">There is growing optimism in Israel that the release of hostages could take place even before Monday, according to a Friday evening report on Channel 12 News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The IDF <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/416072\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">completed its part<\/a> of Phase A of US President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to secure the hostages&#8217; release and end the war by noon on Friday, effectively withdrawing from Gaza City and formally initiating the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">With the IDF swiftly fulfilling its obligations, the onus now falls on Hamas to uphold its side of the agreement. As a result, Israeli officials believe the hostages may be released ahead of the 72-hour deadline given to Hamas, which expires on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">Channel 12 further reported that the hostages&#8217; families have been notified that the release could occur as early as Sunday, or even sooner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">Kan 11 News noted that Israel is preparing for the release to take place in a single phase. Meanwhile, Soroka and Barzilai Medical Centers are on emergency alert amid concerns regarding the medical condition of some of the returning hostages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News&#8217; North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is growing optimism in Israel that the release of hostages could take place even before Monday, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":293066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21204,49973,99,50,141276],"class_list":{"0":"post-293065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-hostage-deal","9":"tag-hostages-in-gaza","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-trump-gaza-peace-plan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115352249598402921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}