The three hostages released by Hamas are now in Red Cross custody and on their way to Israel.
Accountant and father of three, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, was taken hostage from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri during the cross-border Hamas-led terror attacks on Oct 7, 2023.
His wife, Raz, was also taken captive, but she was released alongside 100 others as part of the weeklong ceasefire deal hostage deal in November 2023.Â
Eli Sharabi, 52, also from Be’eri, was taken hostage in the attack, but his wife and two daughters were killed in the assault. His brother Yossi was also taken hostage, but Hamas announced his death last year.Â
An IDF investigation into his death of hostage found he may have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza.
Or Levy, a 34-year-old programmer from Rishon LeZion, was abducted from the Nova music festival during the Hamas attacks, where more than 300 people were killed, including his wife, Einav Elkayam Levy.Â
