DUBAI (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas released on Friday the names of three Israeli hostages that will be released on Saturday. The hostages are Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas, Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida said in a post on his telegram channel.

Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual U.S. citizen in the next exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

American-Israeli Keith Siegel is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas' ceasefire deal. He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023 to be released by the terror organization as part of this ceasefire deal.

Hamas has named the next three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in Gaza, in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners.

Among them is the father of the youngest hostages seized in Hamas' Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Benjamin Netanyahu decried the “unimaginable cruelty” of Hamas after a mob abused and threatened an Israeli hostage during her release on Thursday.

JERUSALEM - Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual U.S. citizen in the next exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The increasingly theatrical and threatening events have angered Israel and put a cease-fire deal at risk.