Hamas has released the names of three male hostages set to be released on Saturday.
The list includes Yarden Bibas, 35, Keith Siegel, 65, and Ofer Kalderon, 54, Israeli officials confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
Saturday’s release will be the fourth since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
Yarden Bibas was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.
Photos taken during the abduction appear to show him wounded.
His wife, Shiri, and two boys, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken captive at the kibbutz.
The boys, who were four and under one-year-old when they were captured, were the youngest hostages.
Hamas has claimed that Shiri Babas and the two boys were killed in an Israeli airstrike, but Israel has not verified the claim.
Military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said recently that the military was seriously concerned about the fate of the mother and her two boys.
Keith Siegel, an American Israeli originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Kfar Aza along with his wife, Aviva Siegel.
Aviva Siegel was released during a brief ceasefire period in November 2023, and since then has waged a high-profile campaign to free Keith and the other hostages remaining in Gaza.
Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli hostage, was captured by the militants from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his two children.
His ex-wife, Hadas, was also taken captive.
The two children and Hadas Kalderon were released during the hostage exchange in November.
The organisation representing families of the hostages has been celebrating the news of their expected release.
The Hostages Families Forum said on Friday it “welcomes the joyous news”.
“We have both the sacred duty and moral right to bring all our brothers and sisters home,” they said.
“We will not give up or stop at any stage until all hostages return home, down to the last one.”
Israeli officials say around 80 hostages remain in Gaza, including three taken captive before October 7 2023.
During the first phase of the ceasefire deal, 33 hostages are set to be released.
On Thursday, Hamas released eight hostages in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
The chaotic sight of armed fighters escorting Israeli hostages through a crowd of thousands of onlookers caused Israeli leaders to briefly delay the release of the Palestinian prisoners, underscoring the fragility of the current truce.