Israel releases names of 14 hostages freed by Hamas

The Israeli government has released the names of the 14 hostages freed by Hamas on Sunday on the third day of pause in fight in Gaza.

The Israeli PM’s office, in a statement published the names of the hostages.

Below are the names of the released hostages:

Avigail Idan (age 4)
Elma Avraham (age 84)
Adrienne Aviva Seigel (62 years old)
Roni Krivoi (25 years old)

The Brodutch family:

Hagar Brodutch (40 years old)
Ofri Brodutch (10 years old)
Yuval Brodutch (age 8)
Oria Brodutch (age 4)

The Almog-Goldstein family:

Chen Almog-Goldstein (48 years old)
Agam Almog-Goldstein (17 years old)
Gal Almog-Goldstein (age 11)
Tal Almog-Goldstein (age 8)

The Elyakim family:

Daphna Elyakim (15 years old)
Ella Elyakim (age 8)

One of the hostages, Avigail Idan, was three years when she was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, 2023. She turned four years while in captivity.

Idan was taken hostage from her home, where her parents were attacked and killed by Hamas gunmen. Avigail escaped from the house during the attacks.

The neighbouring Brodutch family found Avigail and took her in but she and other family members were later abducted by Hamas.

Also released were two sisters Dafna,15, and Ela Elyakim, 8. They were in captivity for 51 days.

They were attacked at their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on 7 October. The girls were part of a family group whose capture was live-streamed by the attackers themselves, BBC reports.