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Hamas to free another American in Saturday hostage release
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has released the names of the three hostages set to be freed Saturday, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, following days of concern that a ceasefire deal with Israel could collapse.
Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov and Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, who along with Dekel-Chen were abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, will also be released on Saturday, which will mark 497 days in captivity.
Dekel-Chen is the second American to be released by Hamas since President Donald Trump re-entered office, following the release of Keith Siegel on Feb. 1.
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Hamas has said it will release Alexander (Sasha) Troponov, 29, Sagi Dekel-Chen, 36, Yair Horn, 46, on Saturday Feb. 15, 2025 in the next hostage release.
International concern over the stability of the ceasefire reached new heights after Hamas threatened not to release any more hostages – in direct violation of the agreement – after it claimed that Israel had violated the treaty by not facilitating the transport of humanitarian aid and targeting Palestinians in airstrikes.
Trump then said on Monday that Israel should cancel the ceasefire agreement if Hamas did not hand over all remaining hostages, not just the three slated to be released on Feb. 15 under the ceasefire agreement.
Concern mounted when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday also called on Hamas to release hostages come Saturday, but did not specify whether he meant all hostages or the three previously agreed to.
«The Israeli formal position is that we have an agreement that should be fulfilled,» retired IDF Major General Yaakov Amidror confirmed on Thursday during a discussion hosted by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA).
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U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«We don’t [want to] shake the boat by adding [Trump’s] demand,» he said. «The question is, will Hamas fulfill the agreement from its side and release the three hostages?
«I think Hamas is not going to take the risk now when this is the mood in Washington,» Amidror added. «But we don’t know.»
Just 16 of the 33 hostages scheduled to be released during the first 42-day phase of the ceasefire have been freed.
Following the first week of the rocky agreement, which saw the release of seven hostages, three hostages per week were slated to be released under terms agreed to by Hamas and Israel. The final 14 hostages will be released together on Feb. 22, marking the final week of the first phase.
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The Bibas family, from left: Yarden, Ariel, Shiri, and Kfir. Yarden was released by Hamas in February 2025. The fate of his family remains unknown. (Ofri Bibas Levy)
The IDF has assessed that at least eight of the hostages slated for release in the first phase have been killed while in Hamas captivity, though the number could be higher as the fate of Shiri Bibas and her two young boys – Ariel, who was four years old when he was abducted alongside his brother Kfir, who was nine months old – remains unconfirmed by the IDF.
Hamas has claimed they were killed by an Israeli airstrike, though the IDF has said it does not have evidence to support this.
Mediators were supposed to start to negotiate terms for the release of the remaining 65 hostages earlier this month, though Amidror said he does not believe they has officially begun. At least 26 of those slated for release in the second phase are assessed to have been killed.
In recent weeks, the hostages have confirmed fears that they were tortured, interrogated and starved during their time in Hamas captivity. And the state of the hostages released last week sparked an outcry as many pointed out the similarities in appearance of the three men to images of those who survived the Holocaust.
Emaciated Israeli hostages, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who were held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are taken by terrorists to a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Five other Americans remain in captivity, including Edan Alexander, 19, an IDF soldier and the only remaining American still assessed to be alive, though he is not slated for release until the second phase of the ceasefire.
IDF soldiers Itay Chen, 19, and Omer Neutra, 22, are believed to have been killed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their bodies continue to be held alongside Gadi and Judi Haggai, who were also killed during the terrorist attack near their kibbutz.
Siegel, 65, thanked Trump for his help in securing his release but urged him to ensure that the ceasefire is upheld and said, «Your leadership and strength will ensure the agreement is honored by all sides – that is what will allow all . . . hostages to return home to their families,» he added.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for the first time, on Wednesday addressed the Signal-chat controversy and conceded that «someone made a big mistake» when a journalist from the Atlantic was added to Signal text chain that included Washington’s top national security heads.
«This thing was set up for purposes of coordinating,» Rubio told reporters from Jamaica, noting the point of the text exchange carried out on the encrypted messaging application was purely so officials knew how to communicate with their various counterparts.
But the revelation that potentially classified information was exchanged on a site that has been the target of Russian hackers, and that the chain included an editor from the Atlantic, sent shockwaves globally – though the Pentagon maintains that no classified intelligence was exchanged in the messages.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks a joint press conference with Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Kingston, Jamaica, March 26, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
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«Obviously, someone made a mistake. Someone made a big mistake and added a journalist,» Rubio said. «Nothing against journalists. But you ain’t supposed to be on that thing.»
«I contributed to it twice. I identified my point of contact, which is my chief of staff, and then later on, I think three hours after the White House’s official announcements had been made, I congratulated the members of the team,» he continued.
Rubio said that though the information was not technically classified nor did it at «any point threaten the operation of the lives of our servicemen,» the information was «not intended to be divulged» and the White House was investigating the matter.
President Donald Trump has downplayed the severity of the lapse, noting it was «the only glitch in two months» his administration has faced and told NBC News the debacle «turned out not to be a serious one.»
National security advisor Mike Waltz, who reportedly set up the text chain and accidentally added the Atlantic editor, told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that he took «full responsibility» for the «embarrassing» mishap.
Similarly, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday told the House Intelligence Committee it was a «mistake» to include a reporter in a text group that included «candid and sensitive» information.
She also maintained that the texts did not include any classified information while testifying in front of senators on Tuesday.
National security advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House on Feb. 24. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
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Debate between the Atlantic’s reporting and the White House erupted after the Trump administration and Pentagon said that no «war planning» information was shared.
Waltz in a Wednesday tweet said, «No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS. Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent.»
The Atlantic maintains the texts did include «attack plans.»
«TEAM UPDATE: TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch. 1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package). 1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s),» Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly wrote in the text exchange released Wednesday by The Atlantic.
«1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package). 1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets). 1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched,» he later added.
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But Rubio, in alignment with other administration officials, pointed to the Pentagon’s assessment on whether its leader released classified information and said, «They made very clear that [the texts] didn’t put in danger anyone’s life or the mission at the time.
«There was no intelligence information,» Rubio added.
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La revista The Atlantic publica plan de ataque militar de Estados Unidos filtrado por error
La revista estadounidense The Atlantic publicó el miércoles el plan de ataque del ejército estadounidense contra los hutíes en Yemen, que su redactor jefe recibió accidentalmente, después de que el gobierno de Donald Trump afirmara que no estaba protegido por el secreto de defensa.
Este segundo artículo, después del lunes, incluye capturas de pantalla de mensajes del secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, con los horarios de los ataques planeados contra el grupo rebelde yemení, dos horas antes de que tuvieran lugar el 15 de marzo.
El escándalo ha sacudido a la administración del presidente Donald Trump, que por ahora ha reaccionado atacando a The Atlantic y negando irregularidades.
El portavoz del consejo de Seguridad Nacional, Brian Hughes, dijo el lunes que la cadena de mensajes citados por The Atlantic parecía «auténtica».
Sin embargo, el vicepresidente JD Vance, que figura en el chat de la mensajería Signal, afirmó que The Atlantic «sobrevendió» la historia.
Para la portavoz de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, «toda la historia es otro engaño».
«Sin ubicaciones. Sin fuentes ni métodos. Sin planes de guerra», escribió por su parte el asesor de seguridad nacional Mike Waltz, quien reconoció el lunes haber creado el grupo de chat.
Pero los detalles del chat avivan el descontento de los demócratas en el Congreso, que acusan a los lugartenientes de Trump de incompetencia y de poner en peligro las operaciones militares estadounidenses.
El titular del primer artículo de la prestigiosa revista era «La administración Trump me envió por error sus planes de guerra».
En él, el redactor jefe de The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, describía cómo había sido añadido por error a un grupo de discusión en Signal, en el que los más altos cargos del gobierno, incluidos los jefes del Pentágono y la CIA, conversaban sobre futuros ataques contra los hutíes, aliados de Irán.
Donald Trump restó importancia el martes a esta espectacular filtración, que calificó de simple «fallo» de un periodista «depravado».
«No se compartió información clasificada» en este grupo de discusión, sostuvo el martes la directora de inteligencia estadounidense, Tulsi Gabbard.
En su nuevo artículo, la revista informa haberse puesto en contacto con funcionarios del gobierno después de que se hicieran estas declaraciones para preguntarles si estaban de acuerdo con la publicación de mensajes más específicos que los mencionados en el primer artículo.
La Casa Blanca dijo que no, según The Atlantic, que no obstante publicó el grueso de los intercambios, enmascarando únicamente el nombre de un agente de la CIA.
«1215: despegan los F-18 (primer grupo de ataque)», escribe Pete Hegseth en este grupo de chat.
«El objetivo terrorista está en su zona conocida», escribía el 15 de marzo, en estilo telegráfico, el secretario de Defensa.
«1410: Se LANZAN más F-18 (2º paquete de ataque)«, escribe el jefe del Pentágono en un momento dado. «1415: Drones de ataque en el objetivo (AQUÍ ES CUANDO CAERÁN DEFINITIVAMENTE LAS PRIMERAS BOMBAS)».
Poco después Mike Waltz envió información en tiempo real sobre las consecuencias de un ataque: «Edificio colapsado. Tuve múltiples identificaciones positivas» y «trabajo increíble».
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