{"id":242860,"date":"2025-02-20T08:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/hamas-to-hand-bodies-of-4-hostages-back-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:01:05","slug":"hamas-to-hand-bodies-of-4-hostages-back-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/hamas-to-hand-bodies-of-4-hostages-back-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas to Hand Bodies of 4 Hostages Back to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hamas fighters were expected on Thursday to hand over the bodies of four Israelis who had been abducted during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack, including a woman and her two young children, in exchange for Palestinians jailed by Israel.<\/p>\n

Large crowds gathered in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis to observe the exchange, amid triumphant music. Palestinian gunmen were deployed around a stage on which four coffins had been placed.<\/p>\n

Miles away, Israelis watched in horror. The four dead hostages were named as Shiri Bibas, 32, and her redheaded young children Ariel, 4, and Kfir, nine months old, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 84.<\/p>\n

All four were abducted during the Oct. 7 attack in which roughly 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage, according to Israel. For many Israelis, the deliberate abduction of Ms. Bibas and her children epitomized the viciousness of the attackers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n