Freed hostages receive emotional hugs from delighted families but there’s still no word on whether Hamas’ youngest prisoners survived ordeal

The three Israeli men who spent more than a year in Hamas captivity have been reunited with their families after their release earlier today.

Yarden Bibas and French Israeli Ofer Kalderon were handed to Red Cross officials in the southern city of Khan Younis, while American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel was released later Saturday morning in Gaza city. 

The Israeli Defence Forces confirmed that both Bibas and Kalderon had reunited with their loved ones, sharing images and videos of the emotional encounter. 

One moving clip shows Kalderon reuniting with his four children as they joyfully rush towards their father and leap into his arms. 

‘I didn’t give up’, he tells his kids, to which one of his sons responds: ‘It’s over Dad, you’re with us.’

Kalderon’s daughter Gaya can be heard telling him: ‘Everybody’s okay, everybody’s alive’, as the family continue to hug and cry.

A separate clip shows Kalderon reuniting with his brother.

‘I’m not going anywhere’, Kalderon tells him as they two…