5 h. ago Hamas will turn over bodies of 4 Israeli hostages in exchange for release of hundreds of prisoners

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the group said, just days before the first phase of the ceasefire between the warring parties was to expire. Israel has delayed the release of about 600 Palestinian prisoners since […]

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22 h. ago Hamas agrees ‘in principle’ to free four bodies early: report

'There is an agreement in principle to release the four fallen [captives] even before the set date,' an unnamed official in Jerusalem said

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5 d. ago Child hostages identified but body Hamas released was not their mother, Shiri Bibas: Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants had turned over four bodies Thursday under the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war. One was that of Oded […]

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5 d. ago ‘Shocking display’: Bodies of Bibas family, taken hostage by Hamas, returned to Israel

'Hamas’s treatment of these victims in death is as abhorrent as their treatment in life,' said the World Jewish Congress on Thursday

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5 d. ago Bodies released by Hamas include some of the oldest and youngest hostages

JERUSALEM (AP) — The bodies of four Israelis taken captive by Hamas, including those said to be of the last female and child hostages in Gaza, were released Thursday, bringing to 28 the number of captives freed since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Jan. 19. The bodies returned to Israel are presumed […]

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6 d. ago Hamas returns bodies of Israeli hostages, said to include children

Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead.

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8 d. ago Hamas to release 6 hostages, return 4 bodies amid Israel ceasefire

The warring sides have yet to negotiate the second and more difficult phase, in which Hamas says it will release dozens more hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire.

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8 d. ago Hamas expected to return bodies of several hostages on Thursday

Separately, Jerusalem is trying to persuade the terrorists to free six live captives instead of three in the next round

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