33 hostages set for launch in part 1 of Israel-Hamas ceasefire : NPR

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After greater than 15 months of preventing, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal, elevating hopes for households that their family members might quickly return residence.

Within the first part of the deal, Hamas is predicted to free 33 hostages over six weeks — beginning with three on Sunday. Israel says it’ll launch 1,900 Palestinians from Israeli prisons as a part of this stage.

There are males, girls and kids on the checklist of 33 to be launched from Gaza, ranging in age from 1 to 86 years outdated. Two are U.S. residents and a number of the others have European citizenship.

These are the U.S. citizens held hostage in Gaza

They’re primarily among the many estimated 250 individuals taken captive in the course of the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which triggered the conflict in Gaza. Many have been kidnapped from their kibbutz communities — and from a techno music pageant — close to the Palestinian enclave. Two males on the checklist of 33 have been captured years earlier than the conflict.

A Hamas official, chatting with NPR on situation of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the negotiations, confirmed the identities of the 33 hostages. Within the following checklist, their ages and different background are based mostly on info shared by the Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board, a gaggle representing the kin of captives.

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Liri Albag, 19

Albag was taken hostage with six different Israeli feminine troopers on the Nahal Ouncesarmy base on the Gaza border in the course of the Hamas-led assault.

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Karina Ariev, 20

Ariev was a soldier serving at Israel’s Nahal Ouncesbase when she was taken hostage.

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Ohad Ben Ami, 56

Ben Ami, an accountant who holds German and Israeli citizenship, was taken hostage alongside along with his spouse, Raz Ben Ami, from their residence in Kibbutz Be’eri. Raz was launched in November 2023 as a part of a ceasefire settlement.

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Agam Berger, 20

Berger was serving within the Israeli army and was kidnapped from the Nahal Ouncesbase.

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The Bibas household

Shiri, 33, Yarden, 35, Ariel, 5, and 1-year-old Kfir Bibas have been taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Ouncesby militants from the Al-Mujahideen motion. Kfir was 9 months outdated on the time, and was the youngest hostage kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Ofer Kalderon, 54

Kalderon, a French and Israeli citizen, was taken hostage together with two of his 4 kids, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, from their residence on Kibbutz Nir Oz. The kids have been launched in November 2023.

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Eliya Cohen, 27

Cohen was taken captive on the Nova music pageant.

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Emily Damari, 28

A twin citizen of Israel and Nice Britain, Damari was kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

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Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36

A mission supervisor for the British philanthropic group JNF UK, Dekel-Chen, a U.S. and Israeli citizen, was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

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Itzhak Elgarat, 69

Elgarat, who dealt with upkeep for Kibbutz Nir Oz, was shot and injured in his kibbutz residence earlier than he was taken captive. He holds Danish citizenship.

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Daniella Gilboa, 20

Gilboa, an Israeli soldier, was kidnapped from the Nahal Ouncesbase.

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Romi Gonen, 24

Gonen was kidnapped from the Nova pageant.

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Iair Horn, 46

Iair Horn, an occasion producer whose household migrated to Israel from Argentina, was kidnapped along with his brother Eitan from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

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Tsachi Idan, 50

Idan was taken from his residence in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, after his oldest daughter, Maayan, 18, was shot and killed via a secure room door.

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Naama Levy, 20

Levy, an Israeli soldier, was kidnapped from the surveillance base at Nahal Oz, close to the Gaza border.

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Or Levy, 34

He was taken captive on the Nova music pageant. His spouse, Eynav Elkayam Levy, was killed there. That they had left their toddler son with household earlier than heading to the pageant.

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Oded Lifshitz, 84

Lifshitz was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Ouncesalong along with his spouse, Yocheved, 85, who was held captive for 17 days earlier than being freed. The couple have been peace activists and have been among the many founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz.

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Shlomo Mantzur, 86

Born in Iraq, Mantzur is the oldest hostage held by Hamas. He was kidnapped from his residence on Kibbutz Kisufim, from the place his spouse of 60 years, Mazal, escaped in the course of the assault.

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Avera Mengistu, 38

Mengistu, an Israeli of Ethiopian descent, was taken captive by Hamas in 2014 after he crossed the Israeli border into Gaza. He’s the longest-held Israeli hostage within the Gaza Strip.

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Gadi Moshe Mozes, 80

A farmer and potato skilled, Mozes was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

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Hisham al-Sayed, 36

The Israeli Bedouin has been held by Hamas for almost 10 years. It isn’t clear how he crossed the barrier separating Israel from Gaza in April 2015.

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Eliyahu Sharabi, 52

Sharabi was taken from Kibbutz Be’eri, as was his brother Yossi Sharabi, 53, who was later killed. Eliyahu Sharabi’s spouse, Lianne, and two kids have been killed within the assault.

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Omer Shem Tov, 22

He was taken captive on the Nova music pageant.

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Tal Shoham, 40

Shoham, who holds Austrian and Israeli citizenship, and his household have been taken from Kibbutz Be’eri. His spouse and kids have been launched from Gaza however Shoham stays in captivity.

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Keith Siegel, 65

Siegel, an occupational therapist from North Carolina with twin Israeli and U.S. citizenship, immigrated to Israel from america about 40 years in the past, settling in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the place he and his spouse Aviva Siegel have been kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023. Aviva was launched throughout a ceasefire the next month.

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Doron Steinbrecher, 31

Steinbrecher was kidnapped from her house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

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Alexandre Troufanov, 29

Troufanov, a Russian Israeli citizen, was taken captive alongside along with his kin on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Omer Wenkert, 23

Wenkert, the supervisor of a restaurant in Kiryat Ekron, Israel, was kidnapped from the Nova music pageant.

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Ohad Yahalomi, 50

Yahalomi, an Israeli and French citizen, was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Ouncesalong along with his spouse, Batsheva, their 12-year-old son and three younger daughters. His son Eitan was taken into Gaza and launched in November 2023. His spouse and daughters managed to flee throughout their abduction.