The Prime Minister’s office announced on Wednesday that Israel has received the list of hostages who died in captivity whose bodies are due to be released on Thursday, pursuant to the framework of the agreement with Hamas.
The four murdered hostages who will be returned are Shiri Bibas, her young sons, Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz.
The Prime Minister’s Office stated that the Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing, Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch has updated the families of the hostages via the representatives of the IDF.
“At this difficult hour, our hearts are with the grieving families. Additional credible information will be provided as needed, and we request to refrain from disseminating rumors and unofficial information,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated.
The Hamas terrorists are expected to hand the bodies over to the Red Cross at around 8:00 a.m. local time in the Bani Suheila area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. According to reports, Hamas plans to hold a ceremony in which the bodies will be handed over to the Red Cross.
After the deceased are transferred to the IDF, a military ceremony in their honor will be held in the Gaza Strip. From there, the caskets will be taken on IDF vehicles with a police escort to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for an identification process which is expected to take up to 48 hours.
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