About 10 Israeli captives have been freed so far, in additional to five Thai workers who were taken hostage in the October 2023 attack while working in Israeli villages near the Gaza border.
The organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza strip was celebrating the news that three male hostages will be released Saturday as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas Israeli officials and Hamas said that hostages Yarden Bibas, 35, Keith Siegel, 65, and Ofer Kalderon, 54, would be released Saturday in the fourth round of exchanges in the ceasefire deal that has paused fighting in Gaza. Siegel is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel. Israeli officials say around 80 hostages remain in Gaza, including three taken captive before Oct. 7, 2023.
Siegel’s release was announced Friday, after Hamas handed over the list of hostages that was expected to be freed in the next group, as part of the release of 33 hostages in the first phase of a ceasefire deal with Israel.
