Hamas announced the names of three hostages, including American citizens, on Friday. He announced that it will be released this weekend to end the war in Gaza this weekend as part of the ceasefire with Israel.
The group’s armed wing spokesman, Abu Oveida, was 35 years old, 35 years old, offer Calderon (54 years old) and Keith Seagel (65 years old) in the United States. According to the prison information center linked to Hamas, Israel will release about 90 Palestinian prisoners this weekend in exchange for three men.
According to Israeli authorities, Hamas and their allies took about 1,200 people, mainly for civilian, about 250, and three were surprised by Israel on October 7, 2023. According to local health authorities, the subsequent military campaign for Hamas in Gaza in Israel lasted for more than a year and killed more than 45,000.
In a multi -phase ceasefire agreed this month by Israel and Hamas, Hamas will release at least 33 of the 97 hostages in the first six weeks in exchange for more than 1,500 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. I pledged.
The Israeli POWs have been released so far, and five Thai workers who have been hostile while working in a village in Israel near the Gaza border in October 2023 have been released further. Israel has released more than 300 Palestinian prisoners, including many people who were sentenced to life imprisonment for a fatal attack on the Israelites.
For many Israelites, Vivas’s family invitation duction symbolizes the cruelty of Hamas -led attacks. The militants also ducted his wife Siri Vivas and two children, four years old, KFIR for 9 months.
Hamas later said Vivas and two children were killed by an airstrike in Israel. Israeli officials have not confirmed the claims publicly, but are very worried about the fate of the three POWs.
Siegel was hosted from his home in Kuwalaza, Kibutz near the border of Gaza. His wife, Aviva Siegel, had been captured with him until late November 2023.
Calderon, a double citizen of Israel, France, was captured when the Palestinian militants attacked his hometown, Nil Oz. His two children, Eses and Sahal, were released in the ceasefire in November 2023.
Shortly after her release, Sahal said she was afraid of her POWs, and said she was killed by a relentless aircraft in Israeli Gaza. She was 16 years old at the time.
“How is your father left behind?” She told the New York Times. “Please ask everyone watching this. Please stop this war. Take out all the hostages.”
Patrick Kingsle Contributed report.
