In the middle of the high on the fire signed on January 15, the Al Qasam Brigades spokesman, Abu Obeida, announced on Friday the names of the three hostages that are expected to be released as part of the prisoner exchange agreement. In detail, it’s about Offer Kalderon, 54; Keith Siegel, 65 and American origin; and Yarden Bibas, 35.
Hamas’ announcement is part of the first part of the high -fire agreement, where the terrorist group and Israel agreed to the release of 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Tel Aviv. Last Thursday, Israel’s army reported that seven prisoners were delivered to the Red Cross in Gaza.
Who are the hostages that Hamas will release
In detail, three new hostages will be released this Saturday, as part of the agreement signed between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire.
Kalderón and their two children, Erez and Saharthey were kidnapped at the Kibutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, the day the Hamas attack happened. His children were released during the last high fire.
For its part Siegel He is an American citizen originally from North Carolina and was captured along with his wife Aviva at the Kibutz Kfar Aza. She was released in November 2023, at approximately 1 month after the war conflict.
Finally, Bibas He was kidnapped separately from his wife and children, Shiri, Ariel and Kfir, all of them also lived in the Kibutz Nir Oz. In this particular case, from Hamas said that Shiri and the two children died in captivity. For their part, the Israel authorities did not officially confirm their deaths but they expressed their “serious concern“By your luck. Yarden was injured during his kidnapping.
From Tel Aviv they detailed that the government accepted the list of Hamas and the relatives of the hostages were notified. For his part, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, This Thursday celebrated the release of three hostages, including two civilians and one soldier, in an exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
The high fire agreement between Hamas and Israel
The agreement between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization reached a high fire agreement on January 15. It includes the Gaza region, and will consist of several phases. Currently, both parties cross the first phase of the agreement, in which they agreed to carry out a release of hostages between them.
In this way a new peace was opened to an open conflict for more than a year. The agreement occurred after months of intermittent negotiations negotiated by Egyptian mediators and Qatari, With the support of the United States, and was completed just before the investiture on January 20 of the American elected president Donald Trump. He said: “We have a deal, hostages will be released shortly“
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Thus it is expected that, during the first phase of six weeks, Israel will release 33 hostages in Gazain exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners retained in Israel. The final end of the war will be negotiated during this first stage.
Source: Ambito
