OAN Staff James Meyers
8:42am – Friday, February 14th, 2025
Hamas has appointed three hostages to be released to the Jewish state in the latest planned exchange on Saturday, Israel said Friday.
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Sagui Dekel Chen of America and Israel, along with Russia, Israel Alexander Sasha Torfanov, 29, and Argentina, Israeli Ia Horn, were given three names.
The hostage announcement comes days after uncertainty about whether last month's ceasefire contract will be held.
The agreement was postponed after a high level of mediation efforts by Egyptians and Qatari officials.
Dekel-Chen was one of the first to spot a Hamas terrorist attack approaching at Kibbutz Nir Oz on the morning of October 7thth. He warned his neighbors before hiding his wife and children in a safe room at home.
He then went back outside to risk to assist Kibbutz's security team. Dekel-Chen was last asked at 9:30am. The era of Israel.
Dekel-Chen and fellow American Keith Siegel, 65, were on the list of 33 hostages.
February 1ststSiegel was finally released.
During the ceasefire, the Jewish state agreed to pull back the troops in the Gaza Strip and allow the Palestinians to return to their homes.
Torfanov was also seen multiple times in hostage videos, including those that discussed the shortages of food, water and medicines he was provided.
Torfanov, his mother, his grandmother and his girlfriend were all taken hostage on October 7thth Attacked at Kibbutz Nir Oz's home.
Eventually his mother and grandmother were released in November 2023, with the bid of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then his girlfriend was eventually released in the second half of November.
For Horn he was taken along with his brother Eitan Horn, 46.th.
Iair Horn was included in the first round of the release, but his brother remained hostage. The time of Israel.
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