Three Israeli hostages were released Saturday in the fourth exchange of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas over 15 months after the terrorist group took them captive during its October 7, 2023, mass civilian slaughter.

American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Israelis Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon were freed in Gaza and taken into the care of the Israeli military after being handled by American Red Cross personnel.

The IDF said in multiple statements that all of them would receive medical assessments upon returning to Israel. Israeli forces also shared dramatic, emotional footage of all three hostages reuniting with their families after 484 days of Hamas captivity.

Siegel and his wife Aviva were both kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, and the couple finally reunited upon Keith’s release. Hamas terrorists held Aviva for 51 days until she was released in a November 2023 exchange. Aviva became a prominent advocate for her husband and the other remaining hostages once she regained her freedom, and spoke about the brutal horrors the hostages experiences.

Hamas terrorists seized Bibas, his wife Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel, four, and Kfir, ten months, on October 7, and the family’s fate quickly became an international symbol of Hamas’s cruelty. Hamas has said Shiri and the two boys are dead, but Israel has not confirmed their status. Israel is demanding Hamas provide an update on their condition as concerns mount about the three hostages. Women and children are supposed to be released first under the cease-fire deal, and the Bibas family members were all on Israel’s list of hostages to be let go in the agreement’s first phase.

Similarly, Hamas fighters abducted Kalderon and two of his children during the October 7 attack from the Nir Oz kibbutz. His teenage children were freed in November 2023 as part of the earlier cease-fire deal and reunited with their father today at long last.

“Ofer Kalderon is free! We share the immense relief and joy of his loved ones after 483 days of unimaginable hell,” French President Emmanuel Macron said of the dual Israeli-French national.

Hamas captured 251 hostages on October 7, including several American citizens, six of whom are believed to still be in captivity. Two of those hostages, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Edan Alexander, are thought to be alive.

Israel will free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the three hostages based on the terms of the cease-fire deal the two sides agreed on in January. The U.S. brokered the deal alongside Qatar and Egypt as the Biden administration was ending and the Trump administration prepared to take hold.

The first phase of the deal is expected to see the release of 33 hostages over a six-week period while Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza and additional humanitarian aid flows into the area. Israel is also expected to release anywhere from 990 and 1,650 Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal.