Sagui Dekel-Chen, the second American to be released in the latest phase of the hostage deal, is set to return home on Saturday.
Twenty-nine-year-old Russian-Israeli citizen Alexander “Sasha” Troufanov, and 46-year-old Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn will also be released. In exchange for the three men, Israel plans to release 36 terrorists serving life sentences and 333 people suspected of terrorism who were arrested after October 7, Jewish News Syndicate reported.
When Hamas terrorists entered Nir Oz, 36-year-old Sagui put his pregnant wife Avital and their children in a safe room and went to defend the kibbutz. He was then taken hostage by Hamas. Upon his return, he will reunite with his family and the young daughter he has yet to meet.
In an interview with The Daily Wire on the anniversary of October 7, Dekel-Chen’s father, Jonathan, said his life has been a “living hell”…
