Hamas Paraded With the Coffins of the Bibas Family's Bodies Before the Handover

Hamas handed over the bodies of four murdered Israeli hostages to the International Red Cross on Thursday, as part of the first phase of the agreement reached with Israel.

This is the first time the Islamic terrorist organization has returned the remains of hostages since its attack on October 7, 2023, which caused the death of 1,211 people, mostly civilians.

Prior to the handover, Hamas staged a macabre display on a stage where they exhibited four coffins that, according to them, contained the bodies of the Israeli hostages. Each coffin was adorned with the captive's image and propaganda messages.

Subsequently, Hamas took the Bibas family's coffins and paraded to the International Red Cross vehicles in Gaza. Inside the coffins were the hostages murdered by the terrorist group: the Argentinians Kfir, 4 months old, Ariel, 4 years old, and their mother Shiri.

At the back of the stage, Hamas displayed a banner with hate slogans, including an illustration of coffins covered with Israeli flags and the threat: "The return of the war = The return of your prisoners in coffins".

Additionally, in the same structure, a sign was placed blaming Israel for the death of the hostages, while Hamas members displayed supposed Israeli munitions as part of their propaganda strategy.

Another sign presented figures of deceased and injured Palestinians, in a recurring attempt by the group to manipulate public opinion and divert attention from their role in the conflict.

So far, 19 Israeli hostages have been released, while more than 1,100 Palestinian prisoners were freed in exchanges. Of the 14 remaining captives within the agreement, eight have been declared deceased, as a result of captivity and Hamas's brutality.

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv deployed 10 doctors to expedite the process of identifying the bodies, according to the public channel Kan.

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This Wednesday, Israel notified the families of Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen, Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham al-Sayed about the imminent release of their loved ones next Saturday, as part of the ongoing negotiations in Cairo between Israel and Hamas.