A Red Cross vehicle, as part of a convoy believed to be carrying hostages abducted by Hamas militants during the October 7 attack on Israel, arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023.
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa | Reuters
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office confirmed that 17 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released on Sunday, including four-year-old Israeli-American Abigail Mor Edan.
The Prime Minister’s office said that 14 of the individuals were Israeli citizens, while the other three were foreign nationals. The office published the following list of names of the 14 Israeli citizens:
- Abigail Edan, 4 years old
- Alma Avraham, 84 years old
- Aviva Adrian Siegel, 62 years old
- Ron Cariboy, 25 years old
- Hagar Brodetz, 40 years old
- Ofri Brodetz, 10 years old
- Yuval Brodetz, 8 years old
- Uriah Brodetz, 4 years old
- Chen Goldstein Almog, 48 years old
- Agam Goldstein Almog, 17 years old
- Gal Goldstein Almog, 11 years old
- Tal Goldstein Almog, 8 years old
- Dafna Elikim, 15 years old
- Ella Elikim, 8 years old
The release on Sunday, the third day of the four-day military pause, brings the total number of freed hostages to 41. Fifty Hamas hostages are due to be freed over the four days under the terms of an agreement between Israel and Hamas. In the first two days of the temporary cease-fire, 24 hostages were released from Gaza in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners.
Edan is among three Americans that the U.S. believes will be released during this four-day cease-fire.
Edan, the youngest of the American hostages, turned four years old while in captivity this past week. She was orphaned on Oct. 7, the day of Hamas’ brutal terror attack when the group kidnapped roughly 240 hostages from Israel and killed an estimated 1,200 people, including both of Edan’s parents. The Oct. 7 attack triggered a counteroffensive from Israel that has killed an estimated tens of thousands in Gaza.
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