Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli citizen, is set to be released on Saturday as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. He is the first American citizen held hostage by Hamas to be released under this agreement. Siegel was captured during Hamas's attacks in October 2023 and appeared in a hostage video in April 2024.
American- Israel i Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas ' ceasefire deal. He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023, to be released by the terror organization as part of this ceasefire deal. Hamas says that the hostages to be released alongside Siegel are French- Israel i citizen Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas, the father of the two youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas.
Released hostages have detailed the harsh conditions in Gaza, including a lack of food and water, and being held underground with little to no sunlight. In the first phase of the current ceasefire deal, Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages over the course of six weeks. So far, Hamas has released 10 hostages, including five female IDF soldiers who were kidnapped from an observation base in southern Israel. One of the five soldiers, Agam Berger, was released separately from the other four.
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