The three men set to be freed Saturday are Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, whose family has ties to Connecticut, Iair Horn, 46, and Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov, 29.

An exchange of hostages for Palestinians jailed by Israel had been thrown into doubt after days of mutual recriminations, but it now appears to be on track.

Hamas militants have named the next three Israeli male hostages to be released as part of a fragile ceasefire deal that had teetered in recent days amid a major dispute that raised the specter of figh