After 484 days in captivity in the Gaza Strip, the hostages Offer Calderon and Yarden Vivas were delivered this Saturday from the Palestinian militias in Jan Yunis, in the south of the enclave, to representatives of the Red Cross, the Israeli army reported .
“According to the information communicated by the Red Cross, the two hostages were transferred at the same time and They are on their way to Israel’s defense forces“, has detailed a military statement on the current exchange.
The number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees that will be released this Saturday in exchange for the Israeli Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Offer Kalderon increased to 183, after the inclusion of 111 that were arrested after the attack of Hamas of October 7, the commission reported of Affairs and the Club of the Prisoners.
Initially, only 90 prisoners were going to be released, in accordance with the provisions of the Alto El Fuego Agreement, which establishes 30 detainees and Palestinian prisoners for each Israeli civilian, or 50 in exchange for each soldier of the Hebrew army.
This is the fourth round of hostage exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees since the beginning of the high fire on January 19, date from which a total of 10 Israelis and five Thai have been released alive.
It is expected that Keith Siegel, American-Israeli, be released by the Palestinian factions in the port of Gaza, while the French-Israelí Offer Calderon and Yarden Bibas do so in Jan Yunis, southern Gaza, according to the Cataría channel to the Jazeera, which shows in this southern area only to Hamas militiamen, and not gazati agglomerations as happened on Thursday.
On the other hand, Israel’s penitentiary service confirmed this morning to be doing “The preparations” to free detainees and Palestinian prisonerswhich will be transferred from several prisons and escorted to offer and to the Ktziot detention center where they will be released.
“Upon arrival, They will be identified by representatives of the Red Cross organization and will wait until the arrival of Israeli hostages“A statement of the Israel Penitentiary Service reported today, which added that once the political officials are seen, the prisoners will be released in Ramala and Gaza through the crossing of Kerem Shalom.
