Israel has announced the names of the three hostages set to be released Saturday, in what would be the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire deal that came into effect last month. The hostages to be released are American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov, and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn.
A release of 369 Palestinian prisoners by Israel is expected to follow, as stated by Hamas’ Prisoner Media Office. Troufanov, who was kidnapped at the age of 27 from Kibbutz Nir Oz, was taken along with his grandmother, mother, and girlfriend. His father was killed during the attack. Dekel-Chen, kidnapped at 35 while defending Nir Oz, had his third daughter born while in captivity. Horn, now 46, was captured with his brother Eitan, who remains in captivity.
