These are the 33 hostages to be returned at start of Gaza ceasefire

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On Friday, the Israeli government’s hostages and missing persons coordination unit contacted the families of the 33 Israeli hostages who are expected to be set free in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, The Times of Israel is reporting.

Those on the list range in age from two years old to 86 years old, and have been classified as “humanitarian” cases, which includes women, children, the elderly and the sick. They are to be returned over a six-week period after the ceasefire takes effect, which is expected to be Sunday.

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The Times says that Israel has not been told how many of the 33 are still alive, though it expects the majority are. It says the government will receive a full status report on all those on the list one week into the ceasefire.

The order of release is also not known, but the schedule calls for three hostages to be returned on the first day of the ceasefire, four on the seventh day, three more each week for the next four weeks, and the final 14 during the sixth week.

Jewish News Syndicate is reporting that Israel’s Security Cabinet met in Jerusalem on Friday and recommended that the full Cabinet approve the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas. The full Cabinet was set to convene for the final vote later in the day.

The ceasefire would then go in effect at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, with the first three hostages, all women, to be freed around 4 p.m. Their names were slated to be revealed Saturday afternoon by Hamas, 24 hours before their release.

Here is the list, broken into categories, as reported by the Times.

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Women and children

Romi Gonen, 23
Emily Damari, 27
Arbel Yehud, 29
Doron Steinbrecher, 31
Ariel Bibas, 5
Kfir Bibas, 2
Shiri Silberman Bibas, 33
Liri Albag, 19
Karina Ariev, 20
Agam Berger, 21
Danielle Gilboa, 20
Naama Levy, 20

Men 50 and over

Ohad Ben-Ami, 58
Gadi Moshe Moses, 80
Keith Siegel, 65
Ofer Calderon, 54
Eli Sharabi, 52
Itzik Elgarat, 70
Shlomo Mansour, 86
Ohad Yahalomi, 50
Oded Lifshitz, 84
Tsahi Idan, 50

Men under 50

Hisham al-Sayed, 36
Yarden Bibas, 35
Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36
Yair Horn, 46
Omer Wenkert, 23
Sasha Trufanov, 28
Eliya Cohen, 27
Or Levy, 34
Avera Mengistu, 38
Tal Shoham, 39
Omer Shem-Tov, 22

In addition to the 33 on the list, 65 more people are held by Hamas, though many of them are no longer alive. These are to be returned as part of a second phase of the ceasefire.

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