The parents of the four female IDF soldiers that Hamas says it will release from Gaza tomorrow as part of a hostage-ceasefire deal will be able to meet their daughters as soon as they cross into Israel, at an IDF facility near the border, the Ynet news site reports.
Earlier today, Hamas said it would release IDF soldiers Liri Albag, 19, Daniella Gilboa, 20, Karina Ariev, 20, and Naama Levy, 20 on Saturday.
The four are among seven female soldiers abducted from the IDF surveillance unit at the Nahal Oz army base during the Hamas-led massacre on October 7, 2023.
On the first day of the ceasefire Sunday, when Hamas released Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher, only the mothers were invited to greet their daughters at the border facility. They reunited with the rest of their immediate families a short while later after being helicoptered to a hospital in central Israel.
Released hostages (L-R) Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari and Romi Gonen reunite with their mothers shortly after returning to Israel after 471 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, January 19, 2025. (IDF)
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