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Hamas said Thurs­day it would re­lease three more Is­raeli hostages as planned, paving the way to­ward re­solv­ing a ma­jor dis­pute over the cease­fire in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas had threat­ened to de­lay the next re­lease of cap­tives, ac­cus­ing Is­rael of fail­ing to meet its oblig­a­tions to al­low in tents and shel­ters, among oth­er al­leged vi­o­la­tions of the truce. Is­rael, with the sup­port of U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, had threat­ened to re­new its of­fen­sive if hostages were not freed.

There was no im­me­di­ate com­ment from Is­rael on Hamas’ an­nounce­ment, but it should al­low the cease­fire to con­tin­ue for now, though the fu­ture of the truce re­mains in doubt.