Two Israeli hostages, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon, were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza's Khan Younis on Saturday, marking a significant development in the ongoing hostage crisis following Hamas' attack on Israel. The handover was part of a prisoner exchange deal where 30 Palestinian prisoners will be released for each civilian hostage. Meanwhile, Gaza's Civil Defense reported recovering 520 bodies from the rubble, amidst an estimated 14,000 buried in the aftermath of the Israeli military withdrawal.
The Israel Defense Forces said two of the hostages have been handed over to the Red Cross and are on their way to Israel i forces.
According to the terms of the deal, 30 Palestinian prisoners and detainees will be released from Israeli custody in exchange for each civilian hostage.after the Israeli military withdrew from the area, and Gaza's Civil Defense said it had recovered 520 bodies of the estimated 14,000 buried beneath the rubble.The Israel Defense Forces said it has received information from the Red Cross that two hostages were transferred to them and are on their way to IDF forces in the Gaza Strip.
Video broadcast by Sky News showed two of the hostages — Kalderon and Bibas — coming out to a platform and a handover in Khan Younis.Siegel was not at the Khan Younis ceremony and it was not immediately clear whether he was at a separate handover ceremony in Gaza City.Hamas handed over Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon to the Red Cross in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Saturday, live TV footage showed.
Siegel, 65, was last seen in a video released by Hamas in April, where he spoke directly to his family to say he was doing OK. Originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Siegel was taken from kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that saw some 250 people kidnapped and about 1,200 killed.Hamas says 8 of remaining 26 hostages are dead, according to source
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