Hamas launched 17 extra hostages Sunday, together with 9 kids and an 84-year-old mom of 5 who Israel stated is in life-threatening situation.
Sunday’s group of 14 Israeli residents and three Thai nationals brings the whole freed because the four-day ceasefire with Israel started Thursday to 58.
Amongst these launched was the primary American citizen to be freed through the cease-fire: a lady who turned Four years previous in captivity and whose dad and mom had been murdered by the fear group throughout its October 7 assault on Israel.
A Russian-Israeli was additionally freed — the primary Israeli grownup male to be launched through the cease-fire. He was working as a sound engineer on the Tribe of Nova music competition when it was overwhelmed by Hamas.
In return for the hostages, Israel agreed handy over dozens of Palestinian prisoners and ship truckloads of humanitarian help into Gaza.
The cease-fire deal allowed for Hamas to increase the truce in the future for each 10 further hostages launched.
These are the 14 Israelis freed Sunday:
Abigail Mor Edan, 4
Little Abigail turned Four years previous Friday whereas being held hostage by Hamas, the fear group which murdered each her dad and mom and orphaned her throughout its Oct. 7 assault on Israel.
A twin US and Israeli citizen, Abigail is the primary American hostage to be launched by Hamas.
Her father, 43-year-old Roy Edan, had been attempting to defend her in his arms when terrorists gunned him down alongside her mom, Smadar Edan, 38.
Abigail’s older siblings, 6 and 9, witnessed the murders and thought their youthful sister had died, too. They managed to cover all through the rest of the bloodbath and escape to security.
However Abigail survived, and coated in her father’s blood, crawled from beneath his physique and sought shelter in a neighbor’s residence earlier than ultimately being taken hostage.
Alma Avraham, 84
Avraham was rushed by helicopter to an Israeli hospital in vital situation instantly upon her launch, the Soroka Medical Heart in Beersheba confirmed, in keeping with the Jerusalem Submit.
It stays unclear precisely what the emergency is, however Israeli officers beforehand confirmed she suffers from a cardiac situation that requires a continuing regiment of remedy to handle, Ynet reported.
A mom of 5, the aged Avraham was residence alone on the morning of Oct. 7 when terrorists flooded Nahal Oz.
She hid in her residence’s saferoom as she referred to as her household for assist, however its door was too heavy for her to lock, and she or he was captured, in keeping with the Occasions of Israel.
Aviva Adrienne Siegel, 62
A South Africa-born kindergarten instructor and mom, Siegel was kidnapped alongside her husband, North Carolina-born Keith Siegel, 64.
As a instructor, Siegel devoted her profession to educating kids from each Jewish and Arab backgrounds, in keeping with the Jerusalem Submit.
The couple have lived collectively in Israel for many years.
Her husband stays in captivity by Hamas.
Ron Krivoi, 25
Krivoi was working as a sound engineer on the Tribe of Nova music competition when Hamas terrorists swarmed over the occasion Oct. 7, indiscriminately murdering and taking revelers hostage as they fled.
A Russian-Israeli nationalist, Krivoi’s launch was secured with the assistance of the Russian authorities, which has appeared sympathetic to the Palestinian trigger.
He labored in development on the aspect to help his long-term aim of working within the music enterprise full time, in keeping with the New York Occasions.
Krivoi is the primary grownup Israeli male hostage to be launched by Hamas.
Hagar, Ofri, Yuval, and Oriya Brodetz
Hagar Brodetz, 40, stayed residence along with her three kids, Ofri, 10, Yuval, 8, and Oriya, 4, as her husband Avichai Brodutch, 42, bumped into the fray on the morning of Oct. 7 to assist defend their kibbutz from Hamas terrorists.
The daddy survived however upon returning residence discovered his household gone.
Hagar was often known as a pacesetter of their group earlier than it was massacred. She is sweet with numbers and sometimes helped her neighbors manage their funds. She additionally has loved baking French pastries.
Earlier than being taken hostage, Ofri beloved enjoying her guitar and listening to rock and roll. Yuval couldn’t get sufficient of enjoying Minecraft together with his pals, and Oriya had a knack for monitoring mud throughout the home whereas enjoying together with his vans.
Chen, Agam, Gal, and Tal Goldstein-Almog
4 of the Goldstein-Almogs, a household of six, had been taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7. The opposite two, 48-year-old father and husband Nadav, and eldest daughter Yam, 20, had been killed within the combating.
Nadav had been on crutches from an athletic damage when he was killed, and Yam was serving within the Israeli Protection Pressure.
Chen, 48, and her surviving three youngsters Agam, 17, Gal, 11, and Tal 9, had been snatched by terrorists and brought into captivity in Gaza.
October 7 was not the primary time the Goldstein Almogs have been devastated by terrorist violence — in October 2003, 5 members of their household had been killed in a terrorist assault in Haifa, in keeping with the Occasions.
Dafna and Ela Elyakim
Sisters Dafna and Ela Elykim, 15 and eight, had been at their father Noam’s residence in Niz Ozon Oct. 7 when Hamas terrorists stormed the home whereas livestreaming the assault on Fb Reside.
Noam was mortally wounded when he was shot within the leg, and Dafna was filmed crying over him within the Fb video, in keeping with the Occasions of Israel. He later died alongside his girlfriend and her son.
After the ladies had been taken hostage, their mom and Noam’s ex-wife, Maayan Zin, begged President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ship her into Gaza to be with them in captivity.
“Put me in Gaza. I will probably be hostage 243. If solely I might maintain them and inform them all the things can be alright. Hug them and inform them that Mother is right here — it doesn’t matter what, Mother is right here,” she pleaded in an emotional video posted to X in early November.