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Hamas set to hand over bodies of four Israeli captives
20 February 2025 05:53 GMT
Hamas is due to hand over the bodies of four captives to the ICRC in less than an hour.
The transfer of the bodies is the first such handover of remains by Hamas since the beginning of the war.
The group said the return of the bodies of Shiri Bibas, her two young boys -Kfir and Ariel- and a fourth captive, Oded Lifshitz, will take place in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
A spokesman for Hamas said all four were killed in Israeli air attacks.
Under the ceasefire's first phase, 19 Israeli captives have been released by Hamas so far in exchange for more than 1,100 Palestinian prisoners in a series of Red Cross-mediated swaps.