Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are escorted by Hamas fighters on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Israeli captive Or Levy, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)People holding posters with photos of Israelis hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami, gather at the so-called "hostages square" waiting for their release in Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Relatives of hostages, held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, protest outside of Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, after the militant group announced it would delay hostage releases in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Einav Zangauker holds a poster of her son, Matan, who is held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at a protest outside of Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, after the militant group announced it would delay hostage releases in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)FILE - Ziv Abud talks about the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Nova music festival during an interview at her house in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 19, 2024. Abud survived, protected by the crush of bodies above her, in a roadside bomb shelter near the Kibbutz Reim. Her boyfriend, Eliya Cohen, was taken captive. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)FILE - Sigi and Momi Cohen, flanked on the couch by their children Yuval, Michal, and Tamar, hold up a portrait of their 27-year-old son, Eliya Cohen, in the family house in the village of Tzur Hadassah, Israel, Oct. 30, 2023. Cohen, an Israeli citizen, was abducted by Hamas militants from the "Nova" Music Festival near Kibbutz Re'im, Hamas fighters during the group's attack on Oct. 7 that resulted in the killing of over 1,400 people and the abduction of over 220. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)FILE - Herut Nimrodi poses for a portrait with a poster of her son, Tamir Nimrodi, an Israeli soldier taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, and being held by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, at a rally for hostages and their families in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip protest outside the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. after Hamas announced it would delay a planned hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Relatives of hostages, held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, protest in Tel Aviv, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 after the militant group announced it would delay hostage releases in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)FILE - A poster depicting Israeli hostage Alon Ohel is displayed in Re'im, southern Israel at the Gaza border, Feb. 26, 2024, at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are escorted by Hamas fighters on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
