Hamas, Israel Exchange Hostages and Prisoners in Ceasefire Deal

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Palestinian militant group Hamas has released three hostages from Gaza in exchange for 369 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, making it the sixth exchange since the ceasefire deal went into effect on January 15.

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00:00Palestinian militant group Hamas has released another three hostages from Gaza in exchange

00:06for over 360 prisoners from Israel.

00:10The sixth exchange between Israel and Hamas is part of a ceasefire deal that's held since

00:14mid-January.

00:16The deal was at risk of collapsing when Hamas accused Israel of blocking aid to Gaza and

00:21threatened to halt hostage releases.

00:24Israel called up reservists and placed its forces on high alert to prepare for a possible

00:29resumption of fighting if Hamas failed to release more hostages by Saturday's deadline.

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