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Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages killed in Gaza, including mother and young sons, in latest ceasefire exchange

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas after they handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including infant Kfir Bibas and his brother Ariel.
The handover was criticized by United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk, who called it abhorrent and a violation of international law.
People gathered in Tel Aviv at Hostages Square to mourn the loss of the two boys, with expressions of heartbreak from the community.
Negotiations for the return of more hostages are set to begin soon, aiming to cover around 60 remaining hostages, less than half believed to be alive.

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New Statesman

The horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins

The bodies of hostages taken on 7 October were returned to Israel in a disturbing spectacle.

6 hours ago

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Channel 4

Hamas releases bodies of four Israeli hostages

The Red Cross had requested privacy and dignity for the handover of the bodies of two young Israeli children and their mother, who were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th.

19 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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HonestReporting

Media Ignored the Most Disturbing Part of Hamas’ Handover of Israeli Remains—In Gaza, It Was ‘Family-Friendly’ Entertainment

The most harrowing moment of the hostage releases came on the morning of Thursday, February 20, when the tragic fate of the Bibas children and their mother was all but confirmed. From the outset, the faces of Shiri Bibas and her two flame-haired sons became emblematic of the horror unleashed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. The footage of a terrified mother, desperately clutching Ariel, 4, and his baby brother Kfir, as a mob of armed Palestinian civ…

19 hours ago

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El Financiero

Hamas hands over to Israel the bodies of hostages of the Bibas family and the journalist Oded Lifshitz

Hamas militiamen, accompanied by Islamic Jihad fighters and the Mujahideen Brigades, delivered the bodies of four Israeli hostages in coffins to the Red Cross this Thursday in Khan Yunis (south of the Gaza Strip).The militia arranged on a stage the coffins, black and named after Shiri Silberman, a woman of Peruvian and Argentine descent captured on 7 October 2023 at the age of 32, and her children, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, aged 4 and 9 months, resp…

20 hours ago·Mexico

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WLKY

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How many hostages are left in Gaza?

Here are details on the hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023

20 hours ago·Louisville, United States

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Daily Post Nigeria

Israeli vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies of youngest hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed revenge on Hamas after the group released what it said were the bodies of four Israeli hostages. The bodies included the infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the youngest of those kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack. Palestinian militants handed over four black coffins in a carefully orchestrated public display, with dozens of armed Hamas militants and crowds …

20 hours ago·Nigeria

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