"Hamas approves list of 34 freed hostages"...Israel is your wife.

Palestinian militant Hamas officials have said they have approved a list of hostages to be released in the event of a cease-fire deal, which Israel's prime minister's office has denied.

Hamas has approved Israel's list of 34 hostages for the first round of release, Reuters reported, citing Hamas officials.

A Hamas official said the deal would depend on whether Israeli forces would withdraw from Gaza and a permanent ceasefire was agreed, Reuters said.

However, the Israeli prime minister's office said on the 5th local time that there was no hostage list provided by Hamas so far.Negotiations between the two sides of

have reportedly been struggling as they disagree over the list of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged in the first phase of the ceasefire.