Two of the three remaining American hostages are among the many 33 captives anticipated to be launched by Hamas as a part of the cease-fire settlement the phobia group made with Israel that went into impact Sunday, after 15 months in captivity.
Israel confirmed Sunday Sagui Dekel-Chen and Keith Siegel are on Hamas’ checklist of hostages to be freed within the first part of the deal — which took impact at 11:15 a.m. native time on Sunday following an hours-long delay.
Along with the People, the Bibas household — together with 2-year-old Kfir and 5-year-old Ariel — are on the checklist of Gaza-held captives that shall be freed.
“We’re ready for each certainly one of you,” the official Israel X account posted.
The 33 hostages to be launched are
- Romi Gonen, 23
- Emily Damari, 27
- Arbel Yehud, 29
- Doron Steinbrecher, 31
- Ariel Bibas, 5
- Kfir Bibas, 2
- Shiri Silberman Bibas, 33
- Liri Albag, 19
- Karina Ariev, 20
- Agam Berger, 21
- Danielle Gilboa, 20
- Naama Levy, 20
- Ohad Ben-Ami, 58
- Gadi Moshe Moses, 80
- Keith Siegel, 65
- Ofer Calderon, 54
- Eli Sharabi, 52
- Itzik Elgarat, 70
- Shlomo Mansour, 86
- Ohad Yahalomi, 50
- Oded Lifshitz, 84
- Tsahi Idan, 50
- Hisham al-Sayed, 36
- Yarden Bibas, 35
- Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36
- Yair Horn, 46
- Omer Wenkert, 23
- Sasha Trufanov, 28
- Eliya Cohen, 27
- Or Levy, 34
- Avera Mengistu, 38
- Tal Shoham, 39
- Omer Shem-Tov, 22
Sixty hostages are believed to be alive in Gaza. One other 37 are lifeless, with their stays within the palms of Hamas terrorists.
Keith Siegel, 65, and his spouse Aviva have been brutally kidnapped from their house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza throughout Hamas’ assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The couple was held captive collectively till Aviva was launched as a part of a hostage trade in November 2023.
Keith Siegel, a local of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was featured in a video launched by the phobia group again in April 2024.
Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, was residing in Kibbutz Nir-Oz together with his spouse and two youngsters when he was taken from his house by Hamas.
Dekel-Chen’s father, Jonathan was born in Connecticut and each have US citizenship.
New Jersey-native Edan Alexander, the third remaining American hostage, is not going to be launched within the preliminary part of the cease-fire.
The Bibas household — mother Shiri, 33, dad Yarden, 34 and their two youngsters Ariel and Kfir have been kidnapped collectively by terrorists on Oct. 7 and dragged to Gaza.
Video of the kidnapping, and the younger age of the Bibas youngsters has drawn vital consideration to their case in each Israel and around the globe.
Kfir, the youngest hostage of the struggle, was taken when he was solely 9 months outdated — which means he has spent most of his life in captivity within the palms of Hamas terrorists.
The toddler has by no means celebrated a birthday outdoors of captivity.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher are set to be the primary hostages launched by Hamas on Sunday.
The settlement was delayed by either side after Hamas skilled a “technical” challenge with the names.
It was not clear when the ladies could be launched.
The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas practically crumbled Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group of failing to meet their finish of the pact after they didn’t launch the names of the captives slated to be launched earlier than the deal was meant to start.
The Eleventh-hour snag was resolved three hours later and the cease-fire went into impact at 11:15 a.m. native time.
In the course of the delay, Israel bombed the southern Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis, killing at the least 13 individuals, Reuters reported.