Siegel is predicted to be handed over on the Gaza Metropolis sea port in a while Saturday.
Bibas is the daddy of the 2 youngest hostages, child Kfir, solely 9 months outdated when he was kidnapped by Hamas-led gunmen on Oct 7, 2023, and Ariel, who was 4 on the time of the cross-border assault.
Hamas stated in November 2023 that the boys and their mom Shiri, who was taken on the similar time, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike. There was no phrase on them since.
Israel is predicted to switch 182 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, Hamas stated.
Saturday can also be anticipated to see the primary Palestinians travelling from Gaza to Egypt by the newly reopened Rafah crossing. Will probably be opened initially for 50 injured militants and 50 wounded civilians, together with the individuals escorting them, with an extra 100 individuals, probably college students, in all probability allowed by on humanitarian grounds.
Saturday’s handover noticed not one of the chaotic scenes that overshadowed an earlier switch on Thursday, when Hamas guards struggled to defend hostages from a surging crowd in Gaza.
Kalderon and Bibas each briefly mounted a stage in Khan Younis, in entrance of a poster of Hamas figures together with Mohammad Deif, the previous navy commander whose dying was confirmed by Hamas this week, earlier than being handed over to the Purple Cross officers.
Seventeen hostages, together with 5 Thais freed on Thursday, have now been launched in alternate for 400 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
