Hamas on Friday released the names of six living Israeli hostages who the militants plan to release Saturday under the terms of the ceasefire. The Hamas-linked Palestinian prisoners media office said over 600 Palestinians are also to be freed from Israeli prisons in exchange.

President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration

Freed Israeli hostage Tal Shoham waves from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. After he was released from Hamas captivity

He discussed the plan with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who endorsed Israel's war aims in Gaza, saying Hamas “must be eradicated."

Trump suggests that Ukraine may be to blame for conflict with Russia; Palestinians flee northern West Bank amid Israeli crackdown on militants; Hamas says more hostages will be released; Winter storm heads for East Coast.

This has been the struggle for displaced Palestinians returning to their homes in Gaza under the nearly month-old ceasefire: To re-create some bit of normal lives amid the death and destruction left by 16 months of Israeli bombardment and ground offensives against Hamas fighters.

Here are some numbers that show the scale of death and devastation. Sources include the Israeli government, the Gaza Health Ministry and U.N. agencies. Palestinians killed in Gaza: Over 48,200 (This figure from the Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between combatants and civilians,

Red Cross ambulances have arrived in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah in preparation for the handover of six Israeli hostages to be freed Saturday under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. AP

Palestinians in Gaza fear a return to war after US President tells Hamas to free all Israeli captives by Saturday.

Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk expressed regret over the October 7 attack on Israel, acknowledging its devastating toll on Gaza, as divisions within Hamas emerge over potential ceasefire negotiations.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.