The father of the youngest hostage among the three men who will be announced on Saturday, says Hamas

The Palestinian Armed Group Hamas has announced the names of three hostages, which she says will be released on Saturday in accordance with the trial agreement with Israel.

They are Israelites of Calderon, 53, and Yarden Bibas, 34, and American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65.

Mr. Bibas’s father is Kfir, the youngest hostage who was 10 months old when he was abducted by Hamas. His wife Shiri and their second son Ariel, four, are also trapped.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said Israel had received a list of hostages.

Israel will release another bunch of Palestinian prisoners in turn.

He will mark the fourth such hostage exchange for prisoners since the truce came into force on January 19th.

Hamas took about 251 hostages when he attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people.

The attack was launched by a war that ravaged Gaza. Israeli 15-month military offensive killed 47,460 Palestinians in the territory, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza Hamas.

Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas took Hamas from Nir Oz, while Keith Siegel was taken from Kfar Aza.

The wife of Mr. Bibasa Shiri and their two children, Ariel, now five, and Kfir, now two, are also trapped. Their fate is unknown.

Their edition so far will bring the number of hostages exempt in accordance with the dedication agreement.

Four hundred Palestinian prisoners – ranging from those who served long penalties for bombing and other attacks to the teenagers held without accusation – so far they have been liberated in exchange.

Most returned to the occupied west coast, East Jerusalem and Gaza, while many of the most serious offenders were deported.