IDF says 14 Israeli captives and 3 foreign nationals have been transferred to the Red Cross in third tranche of hostage releases.
By World Israel News Staff
Fourteen Israeli captives and three foreign nationals held by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza were transferred to the custody of the International Red Cross Sunday evening, the IDF said.
The 17 hostages were handed over as the third tranche of a four-part deal signed by Israel and Hamas, and brokered by Qatar and the U.S.
Hamas committed to released 12-13 Israeli captives each day during the four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but additionally released a man with dual Russian-Israeli citizenship, identified as Ron Olegovich Krivoy, as a gesture to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The remaining three hostages released Sunday are Thai citizens who had been working in southern Israel prior to the invasion of October 7th. Their release is part of an agreement reached between Iran and Bangkok.
Of the 14 Israelis released Sunday, nine are children, four are women, and one is a man.
The freed captives include three siblings: four-year-old Oriya Brodutch, his 10-year-old sister, Ofri, and their nine-year-old brother, Yuval.
The children’s mother, 40-year-old Hagar Brodutch, was also released to the Red Cross.
Avihai Brodutch, Hagar’s husband and the children’s father, was wounded while fighting terrorists outside their Kfar Aza home on October 7th. When he returned home, he discovered that his family had been abducted.
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