Hamas says it will release an American-Israeli hostage and 4 bodies, but Israel expresses doubt

Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office cast doubt on the offer, accusing the U.S. and Israeli-designated terrorist group of trying to manipulate talks underway in Qatar on the next stage of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

They did not immediately specify when the release of soldier Edan Alexander and the four bodies would occur - or what it expected to get in return.

Alexander was 19 when he was abducted from his post on the border with Gaza in southern Israel during the Hamas terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that sparked the war.