Netanyahu has already stated in the Israeli press that Israel has no intention of sticking with any ceasefire deal when all the hostages are back – Mark
Hamas has called on Israel to enter negotiations for the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire after the group handed over the bodies of four hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Hours after the handover, an Israeli pro-hostage group confirmed “with profound sorrow” the identities of the four bodies Hamas returned on Thursday.
Ohad Yahalomi, Tsachi Idan, Itzik Elgarat and Shlomo Mansour “have been laid to eternal rest in Israel”, said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said based on “all of the information at our disposal”, Yahalomi, Idan and Elgarat “were murdered while held hostage in Gaza”.
Mansour, it added, was “murdered in the 7 October 2023 massacre”.
The swap, undertaken under cover of night, was the last in an initial series agreed under the terms of the fragile truce, which took effect on January 19 and largely halted the war in Gaza.
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