3 More Hostages Scheduled for Release, Including Bibas Children’s Father

Details continue to emerge about what the Israeli hostages endured, including malnutrition, lice, untreated injuries, and being held in darkness for months.

Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists escort Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud to hand her over to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on Jan. 30, 2025, as part of their third hostage-prisoner exchange. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images

Hamas is set to release three male hostages on Feb. 1, including the father of the Bibas children who are being held and one of the three Americans in captivity.

Yarden Bibas, 35; Keith Siegel, 65, a dual citizen; and Ofer Kalderon, 54, are the next people in the original group of 33 Israeli hostages scheduled for return in the Israel–Hamas cease-fire’s first six-week phase.