The four captives smiled and waved as they walked across the stage in front of a crowd, which, according to Israeli media, was meant to be a show of strength in the face of their captors.

She loves travel and dreams of travelling in Japan, her family shared while advocating for her return. She also has a list of all the restaurants she wants to visit around the world.

All are Israeli soldiers, an apparent breach of Hamas’ ceasefire agreement with Israel, which stipulated that civilian women be released first.

Hamas said that it intends to release Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag on Saturday. All four of the women were serving as Israel Defense Forces soldiers at the time of their kidnapping.

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas is expected to release four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday in exchange for a group of Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza.

Hamas has said it is preparing to provide the names of the next four hostages to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners as part of its cease-fire deal with Israel.

Hamas identified four female soldiers abducted from a military base as those who will be freed in the next exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.