JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian militant group Hamas was set on Monday to release dozens of hostages it has been holding in Gaza for the last two years, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the terms of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Twenty of the 48 hostages who remain in Gaza are believed to be alive. Here are some details about them:

NOVA HOSTAGES

Most of the living hostages being released were abducted from the site of the Nova Music festival near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel.

They include Evyatar David, 24, who was last seen in a Hamas video in August, looking skeletally thin and digging what he said in the video was his own grave; pianist Alon Ohel, 24, and Avinatan Or, 32. A video showing Or’s abduction with his girlfriend Noa Argamani pleadin

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