Hamas to return another hostage body
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Thirteen families whose loved ones were taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack are still waiting for Hamas to return their remains from Gaza.
The video, filmed by an IDF drone that had been in the area, shows Hamas members placing Tzarfati's remains in a freshly dug hole before covering the remains with dirt. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum and the Tzarfati family slammed Hamas and its continued psychological warfare,
An official from the Israel Defense Forces told NBC News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for strikes in retaliation for a Hamas attack in Rafah.
President Donald Trump gave Hamas a 48-hour ultimatum to return bodies of 13 deceased hostages or face consequences from countries involved in the Gaza peace deal.
Egyptian excavation gear helped expand Hamas ’ search for the bodies of remaining hostages in Gaza on Saturday, while the group said Israel “clearly violated” the ceasefire with a strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Associated Press.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the Israeli military to carry out “immediate, powerful” strikes in Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire
After more than two years in captivity, the last 20 hostages abducted during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, have been released.
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Sources: Israeli veto on Turkish or Qatari forces in Gaza forced mediators to only send Egyptian hostage-recovery team
Israel rejected an initiative being advanced by the countries mediating the Gaza ceasefire that would have seen the creation of a multilateral team tasked with entering Gaza and retrieving the bodies of the remaining deceased hostages still in the Strip, two Arab diplomats tell The Times of Israel.