Israeli Ofer Kalderon who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, waves before being handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas fighters in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday Feb. 1, 2025. Photo/Abdel Kareem)
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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released three male hostages Saturday and Israel was to release 183 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement that has paused fighting in the Gaza Strip after more than 15 months of war.
Militants handed Yarden Bibas and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon to Red Cross officials in the southern city of Khan Younis, while American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, looking pale and thin, was released to the Red Cross later Saturday morning in Gaza City to the north.