Hamas has released the names of three Israeli men it said it would free from Gaza on Saturday, in what will be the fifth round of exchanges under the ongoing ceasefire.

Following an unexpected delay, Hamas on Friday released the names of the three latest hostages set to be released as part of the Palestinian militant group's cease-fire with Israel.

Hamas identified the three Israeli hostages that it plans to free in the next release mandated by the fragile ceasefire agreement, a sign the deal was moving forward Friday even as U.S. and Israeli officials continued calls to relocate Gaza's population after the war.

It is believed that at least two of the six American hostages still held in Gaza are alive — Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35, who grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Edan Alexander, 19, from Tenafly, New Jersey. Four other Americans are believed to have been killed in captivity.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority’s commission of prisoners’ affairs published Friday the names of 183 Palestinian prisoners who will be released from Israeli prisons the following day in exchange for the release of three Israeli men held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

Hamas has agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement with Israel that has brought a pause to more than 15 months of fighting.On Saturday, the militant group freed the first American to be released in the latest truce,

Hamas has released the names of three hostages to be freed in Gaza on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The three men, captured by Hamas during its October 7, 2023 terror attack, are Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34.

Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile deal meant to end the war in Gaza.

Hostages are returning after 15 months in captivity as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, and with their freedom, the first details of their ordeals are emerging. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.

Keith Segel, an American-Israeli in Gaza and the first of American citizens taken on Oct. 7, will be released on Saturday as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasfire deal.

Palestinian militant group Hamas is set to hand over three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian detainees and prisoners in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at opening the way to ending the 15-month war in Gaza.