Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to force Hamas to pay a “full price” for what he called “severe and wicked violation” Gaza Stop the Plant Agreement after Israeli and American terrorist group returned the remnants of a woman Gazana Instead of Israeli mother taken hostage with their two young children.
Israeli officials said that on Thursday night, Hamas handed over the body of an unidentified woman -a Gasan woman earlier on that day, not on the remains of the Bibaban width. In the broadcast organized as part of the ceasefire agreement, which came into force on January 19, Hamas was to return the biblies on Thursday with his two killed sons, Ariel, 4, and kfir, which was only nine months the youngest of 251 Israelis was They were confiscated during the terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023.
The remains of the children were returned along with the body of the Odeed, who was 83, but Netanyahu said that instead of the remains of Bibaba, Hamas “put the woman's body in the coffin.”
“May the sacred memory of the lifelong life and Ariel and the Bibbage kfi crash in the nation's heart forever,” he said. “May God avenge the blood. And we will too.”
Hamas has Approved since November 2023 In this Israeli bombing in Gaza, Bibas, her children and Lifshitz, were killed, as well as some militants who held them in captivity. Jeden Bibas, the father of the children, was not with his family on October 7, but was taken separately. He was released earlier this month After 16 months in captivity.
In a statement on Friday, Hamas said that the transfer of another body on the previous day could be a mistake where the family was located. “
The statement states that Hamas would consider “these claims with full seriousness, and we clearly announce the results” and it added that the group wished, “confirm our seriousness and complete commitment to all our commitments, and we proved This is through our behavior in the last days.
Hamas urged Israel to return the remains of an unspecified gas woman to a reduced Palestinian territory.
The incident, along with the previous hostage broadcasts who saw the great crowds of well -armed terrorists Hamas and civilians who are carried around the liberated Israelis, and, for example, on Thursday, a massive propaganda poster behind the coffins that reflect the Netanyahu as a bloody vampire, Furious from Israeli officials and Trump administration were attracted.
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The international community is also increasingly criticized – including the Red Cross, which contributed to the physical transfer of hostages, both alive and dead. In a statement by Reuters on Friday, the global organization stated that it was “concerned” that the issues were played.
“The ICRC does not participate in sorting, examination and study of the deceased is the responsibility of the parties of the conflict,” said the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to Reuters, adding concern on Thursday, the transfer was not conducted in private and decent.
The Secretary General of the United Nations is also Antonio Guteres issued a statement Condemining the “paradesting of the bodies and reflection of the coffins of the dead Israeli hostages Hamas on Thursday. According to international law, any transfer of the remains of the deceased must comply with the ban on cruel, inhuman or humiliating, providing respect for respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families.”
Regardless of some intentionality on the part of Hamas, this transmission of the wrong body and the strict reaction of Israel left it without the fact that remained an even more dangerous position on Friday, just a week before the first six -week transaction phase, which will be set by the end. A total of 33 live Israeli hostages were to be transferred in the first phase in accordance with the terms of the agreement, the last six of which must be released on Saturday.
Israel or Hamas had no immediate signs that the issue was scheduled for Saturday and the relevant issue of Israel on points more Palestinian prisoners from their prison would not go forward.
Talking to Hamir the Terms of the Second Phase, which should begin in early March, were to start a couple of weeks ago, but there were no signs from Israel, Hamas and the US and its regional partners Qatar and Egypt, who, what were, which were, Not stated helped to agree on ceasefire, about what progress may not be made.
Netanyahu was under the constant pressure of some extreme right -wing members of his office to stop the ceasefire and restore Israel's military operation in Gaza, and Netanyahu himself emphasized that the purpose of the war was always disarming unless Hamas was destroyed. In this purpose, the Israeli government appears to have firm support for the Trump administration.
Y en interview On Thursday, Secretary of State Mark Rubio called Hamas: “Evil, terrible people, and the idea that if they allow them to continue to have weapons and be militarized and controlled the territory, anywhere in the world,”. “
“As long as Hamas is in Gaza, there will never be peace in Gaza,” he said, “because they are going to return to Israel, and Israel will have to answer.”
Families of dozens of Israeli hostages who are still in Gaza are much less wanting to see the restoration of fighting. In a statement quoted by the Israeli newspaper Haarets, Kibbut Nir Oz, the community with which the children of Bibobar and their mothers were abducted, stated that at this time he stood “clear demands on the Bibasov family: release, not revenge.”
“The state should return wide in any way that will not interfere with the continuation of the transaction and the immediate release of all hostages,” said the Kibbut community.
“Hamas is a murderous organization that is not shy about killing babies and children. Our expectations from the Israeli government, whose actions must be immediate to release all 70 hostages at the hands of the killers and stop constant failure.”
The hostage forum and the disappeared families representing the families of all Israelis, who were captured as a result of the October 7 terrorist attacks, stated in a separate statement that the “horrific and devastated news” was not returned.
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“Israel and the international community should firmly stand in support of the agreement, acting with wisdom and urgency to resolve these brazen violations,” the group said. “You need to take every step with careful responsibility to ensure the safe return of all hostages.”
The forum added a specific request to President Trump, thanked him “for the unwavering support and strong position in the fight against terror” and calling on the US leader “to continue to stand with us in the demand for the immediate return of all hostages.”