A senior Hamas official has shared with the BBC a list of 34 hostages that the Palestinian group says it is willing to release in the first stage of a potential ceasefire agreement with Israel.
It is unclear how many of those named remain alive, and a number of hostages who Hamas says are sick are also on the list.
The ages of those on the list range from just one year old to 86, and includes children who Hamas previously said had been killed in an Israeli air strike.
The Israeli prime minister’s office denied reports that Hamas had provided Israel with a list of hostages.
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