It was not clear whether Hamas revealed in the cease-fire negotiations with Israel how many of the 33 who would be freed in the first phase of the proposed deal are still alive and how many are dead.

Terror group said to tell mediators it doesn't have 33 living people who meet 'humanitarian' criteria of initial phase -- after Israel agreed to lower previous demand of 40 people The post Hamas says 33 hostages to be freed in 1st phase of a deal not all necessarily alive appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Hamas changed the language in the cease-fire deal it accepted Monday to count the bodies of dead hostages in a proposed swap for Palestinian prisoners, according to a shocking report. The deal signed by Hamas also included an end to the war in Gaza — something the Israeli side said it would not accept.