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Israel identifies more bodies of dead hostages handed over on Wednesday Hamas to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel a day earlier. The handover came after an Israeli military agency warned it would cut aid deliveries Gaza Since the militant group was not returning the remains as agreed.
Of the four bodies handed over Tuesday night, three were identified as those of Israeli hostages but the identity of the fourth is still in question.
israeli prime minister netanyahu Demanded that Hamas meet the requirements set out in the ceasefire agreement presented by the US President donald trump —About the return of the bodies of the hostages.
“We will not compromise on this and will not stop our efforts until we return the last deceased hostage,” he said.
The ceasefire plan proposed by the US called for the handing over of all hostages – living and dead – by a deadline ending on Monday. But under the agreement, if this did not happen, Hamas had to share information about the dead hostages and try to hand them over as soon as possible.
on monday, Israel The return of the last 20 surviving hostages in Gaza was celebrated and Palestinians celebrated the release of approximately 2,000 prisoners and detainees by Israel as part of the first phase of a ceasefire.
But the hostages’ families and their supporters expressed disappointment that all 28 dead hostages were not returned. Hamas and the Red Cross have said that recovering the remains of dead hostages was a challenge due to the massive destruction in Gaza, and Hamas told accord mediators that some were in areas controlled by Israeli troops.
By Monday night, Hamas had recovered four bodies and four more bodies were recovered late Tuesday night.
Three of that second group of four bodies were identified, a group representing several of their families said Wednesday. The Hostage Families Forum, a group representing the families of several hostages, said the three men were Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levi.
Baruch was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack on Israel, which triggered the war in Gaza.
Nimrodi, who worked for the Israel Defense Forces overseeing humanitarian aid in Gaza, was taken by militants at the Erez border crossing. The forum says Levy was abducted during a Hamas attack while he was driving a friend to Kibbutz Berry.