Hamas releases names of three male hostages set to be released on Saturday
Saturday’s release will be the fourth since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
Hamas has released the names of three male hostages set to be released on Saturday.
The list includes Yarden Bibas, 35, Keith Siegel, 65, and Ofer Kalderon, 54, Israeli officials confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
Saturday’s release will be the fourth since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
Photos taken during the abduction appear to show him wounded.
His wife, Shiri, and two boys, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken captive at the kibbutz.
Hamas has claimed that Shiri Babas and the two boys were killed in an Israeli airstrike, but Israel has not verified the claim.
Keith Siegel, an American Israeli originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Kfar Aza along with his wife, Aviva Siegel.
Aviva Siegel was released during a brief ceasefire period in November 2023, and since then has waged a high-profile campaign to free Keith and the other hostages remaining in Gaza.
Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli hostage, was captured by the militants from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his two children.
His ex-wife, Hadas, was also taken captive.
The two children and Hadas Kalderon were released during the hostage exchange in November.
