Israeli PM Netanyahu says aims to free 'maximum' number of living hostages in first Gaza exchange

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he sought to free a "maximum number" of living hostages held in Gaza in the first stage of a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

"I would like to emphasise: The efforts to release a maximum number of living hostages –- already in the first stage of the deal," he said in a video statement released by his office after meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

AFP