The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has celebrated the release of Ofer Kalderon, Yarden Bibas and Keith Siegel, after they were released by Hamas today. "Their release today brings a ray of light in the darkness, offering hope and demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit," the organization said in a statement.

Hamas has released two Israeli hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, to the Red Cross in southern Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal. A third hostage, Keith Siegel, was also released. The hostages were taken during Hamas’s October 7,