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Saturday, February 1, 2025
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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Released hostages Bibas and Calderon are in the hands of the IDF
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A man and a woman draped in an Israeli flag watch the release by the Hamas terror group of hostages Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas in the Gaza Strip, on a screen at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Released hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon are now in the hands of IDF troops in the Gaza Strip, the military says.
Hamas handed the two over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, and they were then taken to Israeli forces inside Gaza.
They will be brought out of the Strip to an army facility near the border community of Re’im for an initial checkup.
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