Government Updates Families of Hostages Set for Release in Gaza Ceasefire Deal The government’s Hostages and Missing Persons Coordination Unit has informed the families of 33 Israeli hostages expected to be freed during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. These individuals include women, children, the elderly, and the infirm, classified as “humanitarian” cases. Israel has not yet been informed of how many of the 33 are alive, though it expects the majority are. A full status report will be provided seven days into the ceasefire. The release order and identities of those being freed will be confirmed 24 hours before each release. Release schedule: Day 1 of the ceasefire: 3 hostages. Day 7: 4 hostages. Weeks 2-5: 3 hostages per week. Week 6: 14 hostages. THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEAL: 1. Liri Albag 2. Itzhik Elgarat 3. Karina Ariev 4. Ohad Ben-Ami 5. Ariel Bibas 6. Yarden Bibas 7. Kfir Bibas 8. Shiri Silberman Bibas 9. Agam Berger 10. Romi Gonen 11. Danielle Gilboa 12. Emily Damari 13. Sagui Dekel-Chen 14. Yair Horn 15. Omer Wenkert 16. Alexander Troufanov 17. Arbel Yehud 18. Ohad Yahalomi 19. Eliya Cohen 20. Or Levy 21. Naama Levy 22. Oded Lifshitz 23. Gadi Moshe Moses 24. Avera Mengistu 25. Shlomo Mansur 26. Keith Siegel 27. Tsahi Idan 28. Ofer Calderon 29. Tal Shoham 30. Doron Steinbrecher 31. Omer Shem-Tov 32. Hisham Al Sayed 33. Eli Sharabi