American Keith Siegel among three hostages named by Hamas for release

American Israeli Keith Siegel is among the hostages set to be released Saturday, Hamas said in a statement, as part of the hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel.

American Israeli Keith Siegel is among the hostages set to be released Saturday, Hamas said statement Friday, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel.

Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon will also be released, according to Hamas' statement.

Keith Siegel.Courtesy Siegel familySiegel, 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 Hill, North Carolina, Seigel was taken from kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack in which some 250 people were kidnapped and about 1,200 killed.

Bibas was abducted along with his wife, Shiri, and their two sons, Kfir, who was 9 months old at the time and would have turned 2 this month, and Ariel, now 5.

During a one-week ceasefire in November 2023 when 105 hostages were released, the Bibas children did not emerge out of Gaza, unlike other child hostages. It’s unknown if the Bibas children and their mother are still alive.

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