The families of Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas militant group have released the names of three hostages expected to be freed on Saturday.

Hamas militants have named the next three Israeli male hostages to be released as part of a fragile ceasefire deal that had teetered in recent days amid a major dispute that raised the specter of figh

Hamas said it plans to release three more Israeli hostages on Saturday, including American-Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, after an accusation by Hamas that Israel had not held its end of the deal.

The Hamas militant group said Thursday it would release the next three Israeli hostages as planned this weekend in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, raising the prospect of resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.