The youngest Israeli taken captive by Hamas is set to be freed as part of the newly-announced ceasefire deal – but his family isn’t getting their hopes up until they see the boy alive.

Kfir Bibas – who was just 9 months old when he was snatched alongside his mother, father, and 4-year-old brother by terrorists on Oct. 7, 2024 – was included in a list of 33 hostages Hamas reportedly agreed to release as part of the deal’s first phase, announced on Wednesday.

But his family says they’ve been disappointed plenty of times by hopes of release before – especially given conflicting stories about whether he and his family are even alive.

“Given our experience with disappointments, we consider nothing final until our loved ones cross the border,” the family said in a statement.

“We are waiting for certainty regarding their release and condition, and request not to be contacted during this sensitive time. We ask that people refrain from spreading rumors,” they added.

If little Kfir is alive, he would now be 2-years-old, having never celebrated his birthday outside of captivity.

Despite the boy’s name being included on the list, Hamas claimed shortly after his capture that he and his mother and brother were killed by an Israeli airstrike, but never provided any proof.

The deal will bring a 42-day pause in the fighting that has ravaged Israel and Gaza for the last 15 months, and will begin the process of returning the 97 hostages still in captivity to safety.

Of those hostages, only about 60 are believed to still be alive – including the Americans Edan Alexander, 20, Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, and 65-year-old Keith Siegel.

The deal — which is supposed to play out in three phases — still needs to be officially ratified by the Israeli government, which will convene Thursday morning local time.

At least 33 hostages are expected to be released in the first phase — most of whom are women, children, men over 50, and the sick or wounded — will be traded for Hamas prisoners.