Hisham al-Sayed, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen, Avera Mengistu, Tal Shoham, and Omer Shem Tov were released Saturday from Hamas captivity and are back in Israel, after reuniting with their families at hospitals in Israel.
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Kibbutz Nir Oz on Friday evening announced the murder of Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped from her home on the morning of the October 7 massacre, together with her children Ariel (4) and Kfir (9 months).
The Prime Minister’s Office on Friday afternoon announced that Israel has received the list of the hostages due to be released tomorrow according to the agreement.
During the identification process, it was found that the additional body received was not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was found for any other abductee. It is an anonymous body without identification.
Three empty buses exploded and caught fire on Thursday evening in three parking lots in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv. Additional explosive devices were found on two buses in the nearby city of Holon.
In a significant achievement for the English-speaking community, Israel’s Health Ministry has directed all Kupot Cholim (health funds) to accept communications from patients to doctors in foreign languages. This follows pressure from Chaim V’Chessed and widespread backlash from English-speaking residents.
Red Cross vehicles drove away from the handover site in the Gaza Strip with four black coffins that had been placed on a stage. Each of the caskets had a small picture of the hostages.
The families of six hostages, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, Hisham Al-Sayed, and Avera Mengistu have announced that their loved ones will be returned this coming Saturday.
Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Haya officially confirmed on Tuesday that his terror organization has “decided to give over four bodies on Thursday and to release six hostages on Saturday, in return for the release of the Palestinian prisoners whose release was agreed on.”
Israel is preparing to receive back five bodies of five hostages who were killed in captivity as early as this coming Thursday, Kan News reported.
Sagui Dekel-Chen (36), Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov (29), and Yair Horn (46), who were held hostage in Gaza for 498 days, arrived in Israel on Saturday.
A Hamas official has said that the terror group will release hostages as planned on Saturday, Kan News reported. The official stressed that the terror group will not release all of the hostages on Saturday.
IDF representatives this morning updated the family of hostage Shlomo Mansour HY’D, that he was killed during the October 7, 2023, onslaught.
Multiple changes to the status quo have rocked the Middle East and Israel today as Hamas announced plans to delay the next hostage release and Abbas announces a major policy shift.
Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben-Ami, and Or Levy were released Saturday morning from Hamas captivity. The three looked gaunt and are in poor physical health, but were forced to thank their captors for “treating” them.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), as had been reported earlier.
The IDF on Thursday morning announced that two soldiers fell in combat in Gaza.
