Gaza strip, Palestine — In line with the 5th prisoner-for captured deal under the Gaza ceasefire, rebel group Hamas has released names of new set of hostages to be freed on Saturday.
The next batch of hostages to be released were male civilians named as Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy.
Eli Sharabi, 52, was taken from Kibbutz Beeri, with his brother. His brother’s death has been confirmed since then, while Sharabi’s wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack.
Ohad Ben Ami, 56 years old, was also captured from Kibbutz Beeri, along with his wife who was later released by Hamas.
Or Levy, a 34 year-old computer programmer was on the Nova Festival with his wife, when gunmen attacked the event. Levy was taken hostage, while his wife’s body was found in a bomb shelter where they hid.
Since the ceasefire began on January 19, Hamas have freed 18 hostages in exchange of the 383 prisoners released by Israel.
At the end of the 1st stage of the ceasefire deal in three weeks, some 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners are due for release.