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Friday, February 21, 2025
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Friday, February 21, 2025
Hamas confirms names of 6 hostages slated for release from Gaza tomorrow
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Top row, from left: Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Eliya Cohen. Bottom row, from left: Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed, Omer Wenkert (Courtesy)
Hamas officially announces that it will be releasing hostages Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed tomorrow.
According to Hamas’s past statements, the six are the last of those to be returned under the first phase who are alive.
The families of the six were already notified by Israeli officials on Tuesday.
Al-Sayed and Mengistu have been captive in Gaza for over a decade, after entering the Strip of their own accord. The others were abducted on October 7, 2023.
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