According to details listed by Al Jazeera, the six Israeli captives to be released today are:
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Avera Mengitsu, aged 37 — an Ethiopian Israeli who entered the Gaza Strip on his own in September 2014 and was picked up by a Hamas patrol.
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Hisham al-Sayed, aged 37 — a Bedouin Israeli who entered the Gaza Strip in April 2015 and was stopped by Hamas and taken captive. He had briefly served in the Israeli military before he was discharged.
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Tal Shoham, aged 39 — a dual Israeli Austrian citizen who was taken captive while visiting family in Kibbutz Be-eri. His wife, mother-in-law and two children were taken captive on Oct 7, 2023 but released in a previous exchange.
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Eliya Cohen, aged 27 — was taken captive while attending the Nova festival when the October 2023 attack took place.
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Omer Wenkert, aged 23 — was also taken captive while attending the concert.
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Omer Shem Tov, aged 22 — a computer programmer who had also attended the festival when he was captured.
