Char body Israeli mortgage Assigned by Hamas till Red cross In the beginning of Thursday, while hundreds Palestinian prisoner A stressful exchange was released from Israeli custody.
The swap is ready to end a few days before the first phase of the delicate ceasefire in Gaza.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed that “Israel has found coffins of four fallen hostages through the Red Cross”.
Israel further said that the identification process on the bodies of 4 hostages has started.
At the same time, a convoy carrying dozens of free Palestinian prisoners left the Israeli jail. In Betunia, a crowd of cheering families and supporters gathered to catch a glimpse of the bus carrying their loved ones home.
Dispute on ceasefire terms
Israel delayed the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners from Saturday, cited the concerns of Hamas’s hostage to handle. The terrorist group accused Israel of “serious violations” of the ceasefire and warned that the conversation for the second phase would not continue until all the Palestinian prisoners were freed.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the return of bodies of hostages would be staged as public programs, unlike the handover of the previous Hamas. The office also said that Israel found coffins of ‘four fallen hostages’
Israel, Red Cross and United Nations officials have criticized demonstrations such as humiliating for hostages and their families.
Among the people released by Israeli custody were 445 men, 21 teenagers and a woman, all of whom were detained after Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023. He was held without accusations on suspicion of terrorist activity. Palestinian officials said only 50 prisoners were sent to the West Bank and East Jerusalem occupied. Others, including dozens of other people who punished life on fatal attacks on Israel, were at least temporarily taken to Egypt before they were shifted to other countries.
This handover fulfills the obligations of the two sides under the first phase of the ceasefire, during which Hamas returned 33 hostages – including eight bodies for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Crisis in crisis
Dalit six -week ceasefire by the US, Egypt and Qatar is ready to end in the end of this week. US President Donald Trump’s Middle East messenger, Steve Witchoff, urged both sides to move forward with negotiations for the second phase, including the release of all the remaining hostages and discussions when the war is finished. The talks on this phase were originally scheduled to begin in early February.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Human crisis It is deteriorated. Another infant died of hypothermia on Wednesday, with the displaced families struggling in the Mekshift Shelter, causing the toll to seven in two weeks. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 48,000 Palestinians have died. In addition, more than 90 and Gaza population has been displaced, with most IDFs returning to the wrecks of the towns beaten.
Family mourns as Israel buried hostage
In the confirmation of the dead, there were Tasachi Idan among the dead, who were abducted with Kibutaz Nahl Oz. His family was informed about his death, but he did not reveal who informed him. Such information usually comes from the Israeli army.
French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the expected return of the body of Israel-French hostage Ohad Yahlomy, stating on X: “In these suspended hours of pain and pain, the nation stands in his favor.”
Earlier this week, thousands of Israelites rolled out the highways as the bodies of Shiri Bibas and his two young sons, 9 -month -old KFIR and 4 -year -old aerial, taken to bury them. Israel says forensic evidence confirmed that he was killed by his prisoners in November 2023, while Hamas claims that he died in an Israeli an Israeli air strike. His father, Yordan Bibas, was abducted separately and was later released alive.
