Jerusalem (TDI): Hamas has announced the names of the Israeli hostages it will release on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
The hostages to be freed include the father of the youngest hostages captured on October 7, 2023, as well as a dual US citizen.
According to Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida, others include Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon.
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Yarden is the father of baby Kfir, only nine months old when he was kidnapped, and Ariel, who was four at the time.
Both children along with their mother had been killed in Israeli bombardment in late 2023, Hamas had said in the early months of the Gaza war.
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Earlier on Thursday, Hamas released three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza and Israel freed 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points.
Arbel Yehoud, 29, abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz in a Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, looked fearful as armed fighters handed her to the Red Cross in a tense scene in the southern city of Khan Younis.
Another Israeli hostage, Gadi Moses, 80, was also freed along with 5 Thai nationals who were working on Israeli farms near Gaza when Hamas fighters burst through the border fence.
