While six hostages are set to come home alive, the remains of four others will be returned to Israel on Thursday. Israeli authorities have not publicly identified them, though Hamas has said that they will include the bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were 9 months old and 4 years old, respectively, when they were abducted.

The families of Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas militant group on Friday welcomed the “joyous news” that three men, all taken from the same kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023, are expected to be freed on Saturday in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.