Next batch of Hamas hostages to be freed TODAY including two Israeli women and first foreign nationals
Next batch of Hamas hostages to be freed TODAY including two Israeli women and first foreign nationals
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THE next batch of Hamas hostages are set to be freed today after being snatched on October 7, 2023. Arbel Yehud, 29, Agam Berger, 21, and Gadi Mozes, 80, will be freed alongside five Thai hostages following a sick 15-month long detention in the tunnels beneath Gaza.
![[Photo of Arbel Yehoud, a German-Israeli hostage.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2023-attack-hamas-pictured-undated-967588161.jpg?strip=all&w=918)
Red Cross vehicles arrived at a location in northern Gaza on Thursday morning in preparation for the release. Arbel and 80-year-old Gadi were both held by the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, marking the first time in the ceasefire that the terror group releases hostages in its custody.
![[Close-up of a girl's face.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/6d7ae54e-75a8-4df4-a6e6-aa86af361130.jpg?strip=all&w=810)
A mere few days ago Israel accused Hamas of breaching the peace deal after the terror group released four women IDF soldiers instead of civilian hostage Arbel. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad had been falsely describing the 29-year-old as a soldier and demanding more prisoners to be released for her to be returned, Times of Israel reports.
![[Photo of Gadi Mozes, a German-Israeli hostage.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/0874975f-8f20-4871-84c1-30601c0e1f42.jpg?strip=all&w=400)
But on Sunday, local media said that the Jihad group had agreed to classify Arbel as a civilian. Hamas gave relief to Arbel's family on Sunday, confirming that she is alive and safe. Arbel was abducted alongside her boyfriend, Ariel Cunio, from their Kibbutz Nir Oz home during Hamas’s October 7 horror attacks that left over 1,200 people dead.
![[Illustration of a three-phase peace deal for the Middle East, showing details of each phase and a map of Gaza.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP-16-01-israel-hamas-ceasefire-graphic-2.webp?strip=all&w=554)
Her brother, Dolev Yehud, was killed by the terrorists while defending the kibbutz and his remains were identified last June. Gadi Mozes, who is also to be released after being held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was taken from Nir Oz during the October 7 massacre.
![[Four Israeli soldiers released by Hamas militants in Gaza.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2023-attack-released-hamas-militants-966508207.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
