STORY: Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Badrosian said on Sunday (October 12) that the release of hostages held in Gaza will begin early Monday morning (October 13).

All 20 living hostages are expected to be released to the Red Cross together at one time, she added, and Israel is also preparing to receive 28 bodies of hostages killed in captivity.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held in Gaza for a third day on Sunday ahead of the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and an address by U.S. President Donald Trump to Israel's parliament.

The hostages were either taken captive on October 7, 2023, when the group's militants launched the surprise attack on Israel that ignited the war, killed during the attack or held in Gaza since 2014, Badrosian said.

Trump is due to arrive in Israel on Monday to address the Knesset, the parliament, before traveling to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt for a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war.

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1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON IN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S OFFICE, SHOSH BADROSIAN, SAYING:

"The release of our hostages will begin early Monday morning. We are expecting all 20 of our living hostages to be released together at one time to the Red Cross."

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON IN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S OFFICE, SHOSH BADROSIAN, SAYING:

"Israel is ready if a living hostage requires any urgent medical attention, they will be brought to a medical facility immediately."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON IN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S OFFICE, SHOSH BADROSIAN, SAYING:

"We are also ready and prepared to receive the bodies of our 28 hostages who have the .. after the living hostages are released. These hostages were either murdered by terrorists on October 7th, murdered in captivity, or have been held in Gaza by terrorists since 2014."

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON IN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S OFFICE, SHOSH BADROSIAN, SAYING:

"Palestinian prisoners will be released once Israel has confirmation that all of our hostages set to be released tomorrow are across the border into Israel. And once we have that confirmation, we are expecting that the prisoners will already be on the buses. But once the confirmation comes that they have crossed into Israeli territory, those buses will start and they will begin their journey."