Siegel, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, are set to be released after 484 days in captivity. Israel is expected to release Palestinian prisoners.
Siegel, along with Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, are set to be released Saturday, after 484 days in captivity. In exchange, Israel is expected to release another group of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.is among the hostages set to be released Saturday, Hamas said in a statement Friday, as part of the fourth
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 Hall, North Carolina, Seigel was taken from kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack that saw some 250 people kidnapped and about 1200 killed.
"Based on the information available to us, we are very concerned and worried about the condition and well-being of Shiri and the children,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israel Defense Forces' chief spokesperson, said in a news conference. Both children were released in November 2023. "To get him back has been the one thing that has been the missing piece of their puzzle of recovery," Kalderon's cousin, Jason Greenberg told
Soon after Siegel's video, his two daughters Ilan and Shir shared a picture of them holding hands with their mother, Aviva Siegel who was also taken hostage on Oct. 7 but released a month later.“Keith and I nearly died in the tunnel because there was no oxygen, and I’ve been talking about it over and over and over — hard stories.
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