Jerusalem (Reuters)-Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday (31) that he will free the father of the younger hostages seized in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and two, including a United States citizen with double citizenship , in the next exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon will be delivered on Saturday, said Hamas Armed arm spokesman, Abu Obeida, in a post on his Telegram channel.
Yarden Bibas is the father of Baby Kfir, only nine months old when he was kidnapped, and Ariel, who was four years old at the time of the transfronist attack.
It is not known the fate of Kfir and Ariel, or his mother Shiri, who was taken at the same time. Hamas said at the end of 2023 that they had been killed by Israeli bombings in the early months of Gaza’s war.
Their capture video began to circulate shortly after they were taken. He showed a terrified shiri holding his young children in a blanket while they were taken to captivity surrounded by militant aggressors.
The father, Yarden, who was 34 at the time of the attack, was also kidnapped and an image stretch circulated by showing him bleeding due to a head injury caused by hammer blows.
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American Israeli Keith Siegel, who was taken hostage to his wife Aviva, was seen in a video released by Hamas last year. His wife was released in the first hostage exchange for prisoners in November 2023.
The two sons of Ofer Kalderon, Erez and Sahar, kidnapped along with him, were also released in the first exchange.
On Thursday, Hamas released three Israeli hostages and five Thai in Gaza, while Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process, annoyed by the crowd that broke into one of the hostage delivery points.
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According to the ceasefire that interrupted more than 15 months of fighting, 33 hostages maintained by Palestinian militants in Gaza are expected to be released in the first six weeks of the truce in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, many of whom meet perpetual imprisonment in Israel.
To date, 15 hostages have been exchanged, including five Thai workers taken on October 7, and 400 prisoners. Ninety Palestinian prisoners, including nine who fulfill perpetual imprisonment and 81 long -term feathers, will be exchanged for the three Israelis on Saturday, the Hamas Prisoners Information Office said.
