U.S. citizen Keith Siegel was released from captivity on Saturday as part of a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which was brokered with help from the outgoing Biden administration and President Donald Trump.
Siegel, looking gaunt, embraced his wife, who was released in a truce in November 2023. He was released along with two other hostages, including Yarden Bibas, the father of the Bibas family, whose other members are still hostages.
United Press International (which calls terrorists “militants” instead of what they actually are) reported:
Hamas militants [sic] on Saturday released three hostages, including American-Israeli dual national Keith Siegel, in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners.
Siegel was turned over in Gaza City about two hours after Israeli Yarden Bibas and Israeli-French Ofer Kalderon were released in the southern city of Khan…
