Israel: Three hostages of Hamas are back at home

According to Israeli information, the hostages of the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas, which were released by the HAMAS Freeled, will be back in Israel. They were handed over from the Red Cross to the Israeli army and brought to Israel by special forces, the army said. First, the Hamas had released two Israelis in hostile after 484 days as part of the ceasefire.

As agreed, Hamas also handed over the third hostage to the Red Cross. The US Israeli Keith Siegel was demonstrated for the handover of Hamas fighters on a stage, as a journalist of the AFP news agency observed.

It is already the fourth release of Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip that came into force on January 19. In return to the three men, 183 Palestinian prisoners are said to be released from Israeli prisons.

Bibas was kidnapped from his apartment in the Kibbutz Nir Oz in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. His sons Kfir and Ariel – who were eight and a half months and four years at the time of their kidnapping – and his wife Shiri were also kidnapped. His wife and children have not yet returned from the Gaza Strip.

Kalderon, who, in addition to Israeli, also has French citizenship, was also kidnapped from the Kibbutz Nir Oz – together with his then twelve -old son Erez and his then 16 -year -old daughter Sahar. The two young people were released as part of the first ceasefire in the Gaza War in November 2023.

The 65-year-old occupational therapist Siegel had been kidnapped with his wife Aviva Siegel from her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. It was released during the first ceasefire in November 2023.

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