Israel has said that Hamas had not yet provided the status of the 34 hostages the group declared it was ready to release in the first phase of a potential exchange deal, reports. “As yet, Israel has not received any confirmation or comment by Hamas regarding the status of the hostages appearing on the list,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement after a Hamas official gave a list of captives the group was willing to free. “The list of hostages … was not provided to Israel by Hamas but was originally given by Israel to the mediators in July 2024.”