No U.S. hostages are expected to be released in the next round, an official says.

American hostages usually are not prone to be among the many second group of girls and kids freed by Hamas, an American official stated on Saturday.

The senior Biden administration official, who requested to not be named to debate nationwide safety points, stated in a press release that the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that referred to as for the discharge of Palestinian prisoners and other people kidnapped by Hamas final month was “early within the course of.”

“We’re hopeful that may embrace three twin nationwide girls and kids, who’re Americans,” the official wrote. “It will unfold over the approaching days.”

The cease-fire deal requires Israel to launch 150 Palestinian girls and minors, a lot of whom have been convicted of violent crimes. In alternate, Hamas is predicted to launch no less than 50 girls and kids who had been kidnapped within the Oct. 7 assault by which Hamas killed about 1,200 individuals of their houses and at a music pageant, in accordance with Israeli officers.

President Biden stated at a information convention on Friday that he believed the four-day cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel would end result within the return of American hostages.

However no Individuals had been among the many 24 individuals launched by Hamas within the first alternate on Friday. That group included 13 Israelis, 10 Thai residents and one Filipino.

The senior Biden administration official stated the White Home remained “hopeful” that Americans could be among the many hostages freed within the coming days.