Hamas to hand over first dead bodies of hostages happymamay

Hamas will move to Israel the bodies of the four hostages who have been detained in Gaza since they were alive in the group’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

She said that she includes a mother and two children from the Pepas family, whose fate has acquired unknown to Israel since then. He was the youngest child, Kfir, nine months old.

Hamas says the fourth body is the body of Oded Lifshitz, 84, a veteran peace activist.

It will keep the first time that the group will hand over the dead hostages since the ceasefire began last month.

“The heart of the entire nation is torn,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that Israel was dealing with “monsters.”

Six neighborhood hostages will be released on Saturday.

News – Although it was not confirmed by the Israeli government – Sherry Pipas, 33, and her children (who will now be at the age of five and the second) have led to the flow of sadness throughout the country. The government says it will only confirm the names of the dead after forensic exams.

In a statement, the Pepas family in Israel said it was “in turmoil,” adding that “until we receive a final confirmation, our journey has not ended.”

It is not clear how the four bodies will be delivered, although the Red Cross, which has obtained the hostages that have been alive so far by Hamas, has called for a dignity delivery.

“We must be clear: any insulting treatment during the release operations is unacceptable,” he said in a statement on Wednesday evening.

This is followed by a wide condemnation of the way the hostage enthusiasm issued in recent weeks in the events that were shown, as they were placed on platforms in front of crowds of spectators before handing them over to the representatives of the Red Cross.

It is not known how Sherry, Kafir and his brother Ariel – if confirmed – died. Hamas claimed in November 2023 that they were killed in an Israeli air strike, without providing evidence. At that time, Benny Gantz, a member of the cabinet in Israel in Israel, said there is no confirmation of demand.

The family was moved with the father, Yarden, from Kibbutz Nir Oz when hundreds of Hamas militants exploded across the border with Israel and attacked societies, security forces sites and a musical festival.

About 1,200 people – most of them civilians – were killed in the attack and 251 others have recovered in Gaza. Israel launched a huge military campaign against Hamas in response, which killed at least 4,829 Palestinians – as civilians – according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.

Yardin Pepas, 35, was released on February 1 with two other hostages as part of the exchange of 183 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist, was taken from Nir Oz, alongside this wife, YoCheved. An eighty -five -year -old woman was released by Hamas two weeks later.

Oded Lifshitz has been detained by the Palestinian Armed Group Islamic Jihad since October 7, 2023.

It was agreed to issue hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that entered into force on January 19. Israel confirmed that there will be eight.

The two sides agreed to exchange 33 hostages of about 1900 prisoners by the end of the first six weeks of the ceasefire.

Talks about progress to the next stage of the deal – the remaining hostages will be released and the war will end permanently – it was scheduled to start earlier this month but not started.

So far, twenty -four and more than 1,000 prisoners have been exchanged.

Seventy hostages on October 7 are still detained in Gaza. There are three other hostages, a decade ago, they are also detained. It is believed that about half of all the hostages who are still in Gaza are alive.