Israel has announced the names of the three hostages set to be released Saturday, in what would be the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire deal that came into effect last month.

Palestinian militant groups in Gaza said they would release hostages Iair Horn, American Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen and Russian Israeli Alexandre Sasha Troufanov on Saturday, in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire with Israel.

The families of Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas militant group have released the names of three hostages expected to be freed on Saturday.