The Prisoners' Information Office announced today, Friday, that 602 Palestinian prisoners are scheduled to be released tomorrow, Saturday, as part of the prisoner exchange agreement, while the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel has officially received a list of its prisoners who will be released on the same day.

This comes shortly after Hamas confirmed that it had received from mediators the occupation’s allegations regarding a body that Israel said was not that of a hostage it was supposed to receive among the bodies of the four dead Israelis who were handed over yesterday, Thursday. It also indicated that it would seriously examine the matter and announce the results.

The spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, confirmed that the Qassam Brigades will release 6 prisoners tomorrow, Saturday, and announced their identities.

The Prisoners' Media Office said, "After the Palestinian resistance hands over the names of the Zionist prisoners, 50 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment and 60 prisoners with long sentences will be released tomorrow, Saturday, as part of the first phase of the exchange deal."

He added that "47 Wafaa al-Ahrar prisoners who were re-arrested, and 445 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after October 7, will also be released."

Netanyahu's office said that "Israel received a list of the names of the hostages who are scheduled to be released tomorrow as part of the agreement," noting that their families had been informed of this.

Yesterday, Thursday, the Palestinian factions handed over to Israel the bodies of four of what they said were Israeli detainees, in exchange for the release of about 50 Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian resistance elements were deployed in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, during the handing over of the bodies of the detainees.

Commenting on the handover of the bodies of the Israeli prisoners, Hamas stressed that the prisoner exchange is the only way to return the Israeli detainees to their families alive, and that any attempt to retrieve them by military force or return to war will only result in more losses among the prisoners.

Hamas said it was prepared to release all hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip "in one go," not in successive batches, during the second phase of the truce agreement, which is supposed to begin on March 2.