Israel announced Monday that the names of the final and fourth group of Israelis who will be released as part of a deal with Hamas to release women and children hostages, had been received, but was still holding “discussions”, and evaluating the list, which indicated that there might be issues regarding the planned release.

Discussions are taking place on the list which was received over night and is currently being evaluated by Israel. “We will provide additional information as soon as possible,” stated a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.

Israel’s problems with the list of 11 hostages, which is reportedly the subject of the discussion, were not immediately apparent. Hebrew media reported that families of the hostages on the list had not been notified as in previous releases and will not be until all issues have been resolved.

According to Reuters, a Qatari source has told them that Hamas is also unhappy with the names of Palestinian security prisoners who will be released as part of this deal.

Qatar, the mediator in the release of hostages, is said to have continued to work to solve the problems so that the fourth release will go ahead as planned later on Monday.

In the original terms of the agreement, Israel and Hamas agreed to release 50 Israeli women and minors in four installments. Israel agreed to release 150 Israeli women and children from Israeli prisons, and halt the fighting for four days in exchange.

Israel may also extend the truce by agreeing to delay its offensive another 24 hours for every additional 10 hostages that are released.

On Monday, it is believed that 183 hostages, including 18 women and 43 children, are still being held by Hamas.

The apparent setback on Monday was not the only one to threaten the fragile temporary truce.

The 13 Israeli hostages taken by Hamas – eight children, four women and a woman – were finally released on Saturday night after hours of delay. The terror group claimed that Israel had not met certain obligations in the agreement, which Jerusalem denied. Hamas finally relented after intense pressure from Qatar, Egypt and US.

Hamas’s military wing claimed that it would delay the release of prisoners until Israel “adhered to the terms of agreement related to entry of aid trucks in the northern Gaza Strip, and due to a failure to adhere to agreed-upon standard for the release of prisoners.

Israel allowed 200 trucks to enter the Strip as per the agreement on Saturday. The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that at least fifty of these trucks reached northern Gaza.

The Times of Israel reported that a political source said Hamas’s Saturday night behavior “embarrassed Qatari and Egyptian mediators”.

Hamas has also been accused by family members of breaching the terms in the agreement, after the release of 13-year old Hila Rotem-Shoshani, one of the released hostages on Saturday night. Her mother Raya Rotem was not present.

Hamas said it didn’t know where Raya is. Hila, however, told her family that she was only separated from mother two days prior to the release. Hamas agreed to keep mothers with their children.

This new deadlock comes after a group of 17 Israelis, three Thais and 14 Israelis were released from Hamas’s captivity on Sunday evening.

Nine children, two women, two other women and one man comprised the Israelis. The Red Cross claimed that the Israeli hostages were in good health, but one elderly Israeli was flown directly by helicopter to the Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba. She remains in a critical condition.

Professor Moti Klein of Soroka’s trauma unit said that Elma Avraham is still “unstable”, and she continues to fight for her life, after being released in a serious condition from Gazan captivity.

He told Channel 12 News that if he waited one more day, he would no longer be speaking in this way.

Klein confirmed that Avraham had been sedated and intubated. Klein said that she was in a partial state of consciousness when she arrived Sunday at the hospital.

Klein, who could not confirm it for certain, said that he believed her condition was due to the fact she did not receive necessary medication in Gaza.

Schneider Children’s Medical Center said that all nine children and their two mothers arrived in stable health and are being evaluated physically and mentally.

The family was reunited at the hospital.

Avigail, an American-Israeli child from Kibbutz Kfar Aza whose parents had been murdered by Hamas terrorists in October, was among those released. US President Joe Biden repeatedly promised to have her released.

Around 5 pm, the group was given to the Red Cross who then handed them over to Israeli forces. The previous release of Israelis took place at Rafah border crossing in Gaza’s south. This time, however, the 13 Israelis were transported through the border fence to the north. There have been reports from Al Jazeera that the Israelis had been held near Gaza City, perhaps in areas not yet reached by IDF’s massive ground offensive.

After crossing the border, the refugees were taken to Hatzerim Airbase in Beersheba where they received an initial welcome. Then they were sent to hospitals where their families could meet them.

Ten of the freed prisoners were from Kfar Aza. As they watched the news, hundreds of evacuated residents from the kibbutz in central Israel celebrated on Sunday evening. Kibbutz residents cheered when they saw their neighbors on the videos coming from Gaza.

Roni Krivoi is a dual Russian and Israeli citizen who was freed at the request of President Vladimir Putin. Krivoi wasn’t released under the Israel-Hamas Framework, which calls for the release of 50 Israelis in four days. Children, their mothers and other women are given priority. Krivoi, the only Israeli released through Rafah along with three Thai nationals.

Those who were released had a bittersweet reunion, as many of their family members were murdered on 7 October or are still being held hostage in Gaza.

On October 7, 240 hostages, including children, were taken when 3,000 terrorists smashed through the border from Gaza Strip into Israel by air, land and sea. They killed at least 1,200 under cover of a torrent of thousands of rockets launched at Israeli cities and towns.