Hamas agrees to return our bodies of Israeli hostages in change for tons of of prisoners

With simply days to go earlier than the primary section of the delicate ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was set to run out, the terrorist group has agreed to launch the our bodies of 4 lifeless Israeli hostages in change for tons of of Palestinian prisoners. 

Israel has delayed the discharge of about 600 Palestinian prisoners since Saturday to protest what it considered the merciless remedy of hostages throughout their launch by Hamas. 

“In mild of Hamas’s repeated violations, together with the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda functions, it has been determined to delay the discharge of terrorists that was deliberate for yesterday till the discharge of the subsequent hostages has been assured, and with out the humiliating ceremonies,” the workplace of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in an announcement.

Tensions had been made worse after Hamas stated it was turning over the our bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two sons – just for it to later be revealed that the identification of the mother didn’t match. 

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Hamas fighters stand in formation as Palestinians collect on a avenue to observe the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Crimson Cross crew in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs)

The militant group stated it had “little interest in withholding any our bodies in its possession,” claiming that the lifeless hostages handed over had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in November 2023 and that the our bodies may have been misidentified attributable to bombardments within the space. Israeli navy spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari denies this and stated Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been killed by their captors.

Emaciated Israeli hostages, from left to the fitting, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are taken by terrorists to a stage earlier than being handed over to the Crimson Cross in Deir al-Balah within the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.  (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hamas has accused Israel of committing a “critical violation” by delaying the ceasefire settlement and stated that talks on a second section aren’t attainable till the Palestinians are freed.

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However Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou later advised The Related Press on Wednesday that Hamas would hand over the our bodies of 4 Israelis the subsequent day.

In the meantime on Wednesday, 1000’s of Israelis lined the highways because the our bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two kids had been transported to their burial.

Israelis are ready on the aspect of a street the place the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two kids, Ariel and Kfir, will move by close to Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.  (AP Picture/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Shiri Bibas was kidnapped together with her two sons — Ariel, 4, and Kfir, 9 months previous — from their dwelling on Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023. 

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Yarden Bibas, their father, was taken individually, and launched through the ceasefire final month. The three will probably be buried on Kibbutz Nir Oz on Wednesday afternoon.

The Related Press contributed to this report.