Vice President JD Vance confirmed to ABC "This Week" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos that Hamas has said they are holding 20 living hostages, and that those hostages are expected to be released in the next 24 hours as President Donald Trump was headed to the region later Sunday to mark the occasion.

Hamas's military wing has published a list of 20 living hostages to be released from Gaza today, as part of the exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades published the list on its Telegram channel.

Hamas faces deadline to return all hostages to Israel under peace agreement brokered by President Donald Trump following October 7, 2023 attacks.

Medical teams at an Israeli hospital awaiting the arrival of hostages expected to be released from Gaza are "prepared for anything," Noa Eliakim Raz, head of the Returning Hostages Unit at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, told NBC News.

The organization has escorted hundreds of people to freedom, but it says it also does important diplomatic work behind the scenes.

Hamas founding member Mousa Abu Marzouk stormed off a live interview after being pressed on the terror organization’s role in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

Hamas is said to have informed mediators that if Israel agrees to release even two of the seven names, it will release the hostages today.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of war and a ceasefire held.