Hamas hands over 3 Israeli hostages to Red Cross in Gaza
- Last updated: February 15, 2025 | 12:45
Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov are released by Hamas in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.
Reuters
Masked Hamas members handed over three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza's southern city of Khan Yunis on Saturday, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner swap under a truce with Israel, an AFP journalist reported.
Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Russian Sasha Trupanov and Israeli-Argentinian Yair Horn were paraded on the stage and told to address the crowd before their handover to the Red Cross.
The three men clutched gift bags given by their captors and a certificate to mark the end of their captivity. Flanked by fighters brandishing assault rifles, the captives spoke on a microphone to the crowds and urged the completion of further hostage exchanges under the ongoing ceasefire deal.