Hamas has released two Israeli hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, to the Red Cross in southern Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal. A third hostage, Keith Siegel, was also released. The hostages were taken during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
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00:00Three Israeli hostages have been released in the latest exchange of hostages for Palestinian
00:06prisoners.
00:07The Israeli military confirmed Afrek Kaldaran and Yarden Bibas have been handed over to
00:12the Red Cross in the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis on Saturday.
00:16A third hostage, Keith Siegel, was also released in Gaza City.
00:21Israel is expected to release 182 Palestinian prisoners as part of the exchange.
00:27It's part of a six-week ceasefire deal brokered in January.