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Militants led by Hamas were placed on free three more hostages – all men – Saturday and Israel will release tens Palestinian Prisoners as part of a fragile agreement that stopped fighting in Gaza Strip after more than 15 months of war.
Hostages that will be released, toward Hamas and Israel, are: Yard Bibas, 35; American-Israel Keith Siegel, 65; And French-Israeli Calderon, 54. Everyone is abducted during the Ice attack on Israel at 7, 2023, which caused war.
It will be the fourth replacement of taokov for prisoners, because the ceasefire started in the 19th. January. Fifteen hostages and hundreds of prisoners have already been released at the time.
Also on Saturday, the wounded Palestinians will be allowed to leave Gaza for Egypt through Rafah crossings. It was the only exit point of the Palestinian during the war before Israel closed in May. The Civil Mission of the European Union was arranged on Friday to prepare for the reopening of the crossing.
Turning would mark another key step in the first stage of the fire, which requires the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, the return of Palestinians to Northern Gaza and the increase in humanitarian aid in devastated territory.
The eastern edition of Bibas brought renewed attention to – and concerns about – the fate of his wife, Shiri and their two young sons. All four are trapped from Kibbutz Nir oz.
The video of their abduction of armed men showed Shiri Swiddling in the blanket, and two red-haired boys – Ariel, 4 and Kfir at the time.
Kfir was the youngest of about 250 people captured in 7. October, and his strength quickly represented helplessness and anger mixed in Israel, where the Bibas family became appointment.
Hamas said Shiri and her sons were killed in the Israeli air center. Israel did not confirm that, but a military spokesman recently recognized serious concern about his destinies.
Yard Bibas is believed to be separated from his family. Photos were made to be taken during the abduction they showed him wounded.
As a bibas, Kalderon is also trapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz. General and his two children and former wife, Hadas, but were released during the 2023 switch. Years.
Keith Siegel, native from Hill Chapel, North Carolina, a hostage from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, together with his husband Aviv Siegel. It was released during the break fire in 2023. year and led a high-profile campaign for free Keith and other hostages.
Dozens of Palestin Prisoners, which will be published on Saturday on Saturday, include people who serve long-term and life sentences.
More than 100 hostages were released during the week of breaking fire in November 2023. years. About 80 more Taokovi is still in Gaza, at least a third of them believed the dead. Israel says Hamas confirmed that eight of the 33s will be published in the first stage of the arms of the dead.
Israel and Hamas are set next week to start negotiations on the second phase of the fire, which requires the release of the remaining hostages and expanding the recirculation indefinitely. The war could continue in early March if no agreement is reached.
Israel says that he is still committed to destroying Hamas, even after the militant group was conducted by government over the gauze within a few hours of the latest fire. The key ultimate right partner in the Netanyah coalition calls the war to continue after the first phase of the switch.
Hamas says it will not let the remaining hostages without the end of the war and the full Israeli pull from Gaza.
In the attack on the 7th of October, which began the war, about 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians. More than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli rental air and the mainland, over half of women and children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, which does not say how many militants are.
The Israeli military says that over 17,000 fighters were killed, without providing evidence. It blames civilian deaths on Hamas because his fighters act in residential neighborhoods.