Israel has identified the bodies of four deceased hostages returned by Hamas as part of a ceasefire agreement. The identified hostages are Guy Illouz, a 26-year-old Israeli, Bipin Joshi, a 23-year-old Nepalese citizen, Yossi Sharabi, a 53-year-old Israeli, and Daniel Peretz, a 22-year-old Israeli-South African dual national. Illouz was abducted alive from the Nova music festival and died from lack of medical treatment, while Joshi was killed in captivity. Sharabi was kidnapped from his home and was likely killed when a building collapsed following an Israeli strike, and Peretz was killed in an attack on his tank and his body was taken to Gaza.
In response to Hamas's failure to hand over the bodies of 24 other deceased hostages, Israel announced it would restrict aid entry into Gaza and delay the reopening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Israeli officials stated that any delay would be considered a gross violation of the agreement. Hamas claims it could take time to locate all burial sites, as some bodies may be trapped under rubble. The ceasefire agreement reportedly included a mechanism for exchanging information on the locations of deceased hostages not retrieved by a deadline.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum expressed that the return of the bodies brings some comfort and vowed to continue efforts until all hostages are brought home. The Red Cross warned that the sea... download the app to read more
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