Hostages Released

• All 20 remaining hostages have been released by Hamas as part of the historic agreement to end the war. No live hostages are still in Gaza.
• The released, all men, are in reasonable physical condition, and have been reunited with their families. Most appear to be thin and pale, but standing on their own feet and smiling.
• Each of the hostages was handed over to the Red Cross inside Gaza. The international organization then transported the freed men across the border into Israel and presented them to the IDF. After a short security and medical check, the hostages were reunited with their families, before being transported by helicopter to hospitals inside Israel where dedicated units had been set up to welcome them and deal with their immediate needs.
• Across Israel, and especially in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, millions of Israelis have gathered in public places and around their television screens, (as have Jews across the world). Scenes of jubilation, unrestrained crying, dancing, and singing are being broadcast across the world.
• The 20 released hostages are:
  1. Yosef-Haim Ohana
  2. Alon Ohel
  3. Matan Angrest
  4. Gali Berman
  5. Ziv Berman
  6. Guy Gilboa-Dalal
  7. Eitan Mor
  8. Omri Miran
  9. Avinatan Or
  10. Elkana Bohbot
  11. Rom Braslavski
  12. Evyatar David
  13. Eitan Horn
  14. Maxim Herkin
  15. Nimrod Cohen
  16. Segev Kalfon
  17. Matan Zangauker
  18. Ariel Cunio
  19. David Cunio
  20. Bar Kupershtein
• Later today, Hamas will begin transferring the coffins of four of the 28 slain hostages. At this stage, it is not clear how many bodies Hamas has been able to locate.