It is believed that at least two of the six American hostages still held in Gaza are alive — Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35, who grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Edan Alexander, 19, from Tenafly, New Jersey. Four other Americans are believed to have been killed in captivity.

Keith Siegel, a 65-year-old citizen of Israel and the United States, and two other male hostages were released Saturday as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Three men released at brief Gaza handovers, with many Hamas gunmen but none of the chaos of Thursday's events * Bibas's relatives say deal must continue until wife Shiri, small sons Ariel and Kfir, ar