Operation Iron Swords Updated to 1 p.m., November 27, 2023

The deal to release the abductees: On the evening of November 26, the third group of
abductees held by Hamas was released. It included 13 Israeli women and children, three Thai
citizens and an Israeli with dual Israeli-Russian citizenship. In return, 39 Palestinian prisoners
were released. International officials, as well as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
senior terrorist operatives, are talking about the possibility of extending the pause in the
fighting in exchange for the release of additional abducted women and children