On Thursday, Hamas released four dead hostages on the Red Cross and marked another step in the first phase of the ceasefire between the terrorist group and Israel.
The exchange, which took place in the Gaza Strip, was confirmed by an Israeli security officer. Egyptian mediators have helped with the delivery of the crates that Israeli officials started to identify.
At the same time, Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in a movement that was previously delayed. Red Cross Convoys helped with the transport of the prisoners.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘S Office previously confirmed the exchange on Wednesday and noted that it would probably take place without the humiliating’ ceremonies’ that Hamas has previously entered into.
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Red Cross Vehicles, which wear the bodies of four Israeli hostages, leaves the collection point after Hamas hands the bodies without a ceremony in Gaza on 27 February 2025. (Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu via Getty images)
On Saturday, Netanyahu slowed the seventh temporary hostage In protest against Hamas’ release ceremonies, which were used to generate propaganda. In one ceremony, hostages were forced to pose with Hamas hunters and kiss militants on their heads.
“In the light of the repeated violations of Hamas, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda -the purposes, it was decided to delay the release of terrorists who were planned for the release of the next hostage, and without the humiliating, and without the humiliating.
Hamas had called the delay a ‘serious violation’, although the treatment of prisoners was convicted by the militant group by international groups, including the United Nations.
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Red Cross Vehicles, which wear the bodies of four Israeli hostages, leaves the collection point after Hamas hands the bodies without a ceremony in Gaza on 27 February 2025. The bodies were expected to be transferred in the first phase of the hostage turn agreement. (Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu via Getty images)
“According to international law, every transfer of the remains of (the) deceased must meet the prohibition on cruel, inhuman or humiliating treatment, which guarantees respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,” said the United Nations who attributes to X on X on X and the Quote commissioner for Humrk.
The Israeli ambassador of the United Nations Danny Danon told Fox News Digital that the “ceremonies” of Hamas were “malignant and corrupt”.
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Buses that wear Palestinian security prisoners are greeted by a crowd after they have been released from an Israeli prison after a cease -the fire agreement with Israel, in the city of Ramallah in the Western Jordoever, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
“For 16 months, Israel has been fighting a disturbed terrorist organization that does not value human life, especially if it is Israeli or Jewish – all while international institutions such as the UN abandon the condemnation of Hamas and formally the immediate return of Our hostages, “ Danon said.
The Associated Press and Fox News’ Rachel Wolf and Yael Rotem-Kuriel contributed to this report.
