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00:00In a staged ceremony lined with hundreds of armed Hamas militants, the fourth Israeli
00:05hostage handover to the Red Cross took place. This time 35-year-old Yadin Bibas, whose wife
00:12and two sons remain in captivity and are feared dead in Gaza, and 54-year-old Ofer Calderon,
00:18a Franco-Israeli hostage whose children were also kidnapped by Hamas but set free in the
00:232023 truce. Both men were released in southern Gaza's Han Yunis.
00:31Calderon's family, who anxiously watched his handover from their home in Kfar Sabah, celebrated
00:37with champagne.
00:39All Israeli people see us and understand what real happiness is, what pure joy, and there
00:46are so many people who deserve this. And I would like to tell them from here, we won't
00:51stop until the last hostage is released.
00:55On the other side of the enclave in Gaza City, 65-year-old Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli
01:01hostage, was picked up by the Red Cross in a similar ceremony with a stage. His wife,
01:07Aviva Siegel, who was also held hostage for 51 days before being released, reunites with
01:13Keith after his 484 days in captivity.
01:17The great day has arrived. Yes! I'm happy. I'm happy. There's no one happier than me.
01:24I've got everything and I'm off. Bye!
01:28Loud cheering and tears of joy in Tel Aviv's hostage square as hundreds of Israelis anxiously
01:33watched the release on a big screen.
01:37The three men have been held captive by Hamas since the October 7th attacks in 2023 and
01:43were exchanged for dozens of Palestinian prisoners. This swap comes two weeks into
01:48the first phase of the ceasefire, which will last six weeks and see a total of 33 hostages
01:53set free. With 18 of them now back in Israel, negotiations for the second phase of the truce
01:59will begin next Tuesday, which will call for the handover of the remaining hostages.