In the south of Gaza, Hamas has again transferred an Israeli hostage to the Red Cross. It is about the 54-year-old or Kalderon, as you could see on live images on television. He is one of three hostages that will be released on Saturday at the fourth prison exchange under the new file with the Palestinian terrorist organization. Israel lets ninety Palestinian prisoners go. And the Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of the expelled dictator Bashar al-Assad. Atef Najib was the head of the political intelligence service in the city of Daraa. Follow all developments in the Middle East in our live blog.

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