Hamas says 4 bodies of Israeli hostages returned, the final release of phase one

Hamas said it returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. This was the final hostage release under the first phase of the ceasefire. Negotiations have yet to begin on phase two. BBC News correspondent Sebastian Usher reports.

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Hamas Releases Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages

Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives.
The New York Times - 6d
Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.
NBC News - 5d
Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

Yahoo News - 4d
Hamas to release bodies of 4 dead hostages, Netanyahu says

Yahoo News - 12h
Middle East latest: Hamas will return bodies of 4 dead Israeli hostages in exchange for prisoners

Hamas says it will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages early Thursday in exchange for Israel releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
ABC News - 16h
IDF says 1 of 4 bodies returned to Israel from Hamas does not belong to a hostage

The IDF said the bodies of Shiri Bibas' two children were identified, but the mother was not.
ABC News - 6d
Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says

The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned to Israel after Hamas sent back the wrong human remains.
ABC News - 4d
Israel says slain Israeli mother was not among hostage remains released by Hamas

Hamas plans to release six more Israeli hostages this week, and in turn, Israel will return and release 600 Palestinian prisoners. The latest swap is part of the ceasefire deal, which is still ...
CBS News - 5d
Hamas returns 4 bodies, including 2 kids but not their mom, Israel says

Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.
CBS News - 5d
Bodies of youngest Hamas hostages returned to Israel — but their mother wasn't, Israel says

Yahoo News - 6d
Israel says mother not among four hostages' bodies returned by Hamas

Yahoo News - 6d
Hamas to turn over bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for release of hundreds of prisoners

Hamas says that it will return the bodies of four dead hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, two days before the first phase of the ceasefire ...
ABC News - 22h
Netanyahu vows to make Hamas pay for not returning body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas

Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to be Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz. But overnight, Israel's defense ...
CBS News - 5d
Israel releases some Palestinian prisoners after Hamas returns bodies of four hostages

Gaza ceasefire appears to hold, though it remains unclear whether exchange would include all 602 Palestinian prisoners who were due for release on Saturday. See all our Middle East coverage ...
The Guardian - 4h
Hamas releases six Israeli hostages as ceasefire holds

Six living hostages — including two who were held in Gaza for a decade — were released by Hamas Saturday.
CBS News - 4d
Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas' body finally goes home

It was an agonizing week for Israelis after Hamas failed to hand over the body of Shiri Bibas, but her remains were eventually sent back overnight. Debora Patta reports.
CBS News - 4d
Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages to Red Cross

Israel begins release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners in accordance with ceasefire agreement
Financial Times - 7h
Bodies of four Israeli hostages transferred from Hamas to Red Cross

Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross and some of the 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released into the West Bank to their families, marking the end ...
NBC News - 7h
Israel receives bodies of four more Israeli hostages from Hamas

Yahoo News - 5h
Israel says body released by Hamas was not Shiri Bibas

The Israeli military says the body released by Hamas was not that of Shiri Bibas as they claimed. “No match was found for the fourth body,” they say, describing it as “anonymous and unidentified.” ...
NBC News - 5d
Hamas’s failure to return Israeli mother’s body strains ceasefire

A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been strained by outrage over Hamas’s alleged transfer of an unknown body to Israel in the place of Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother who was ...
The Hill - 5d
Hamas: Israel delaying prisoner release after 6 Israelis returned

Yahoo News - 4d
Hamas releases 6 more hostages, signals readiness for next phase of shaky ceasefire

Hamas on Saturday released six Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, signaling readiness for the next phase of a shaky ceasefire. Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham were ...
The Hill - 4d
Body handed over by Hamas is that of Shiri Bibas, Israeli sources say

Yahoo News - 5d
Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says

Hamas said the hostage's remains seem to have been mixed up with other bodies and it is investigating.
BBC News - 5d
Hartford synagogue holds vigil to honor Israeli family after their bodies were returned by Hamas

Yahoo News - 6d
Israeli hostages return home in caskets

Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, ...
CBS News - 6d
Hostages released by Hamas reunite with their families

Israeli hostages Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert and Eliya Cohen were kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and among six hostages released in the final exchange of the first ...
NBC News - 4d
Hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire holds; family confirms return of Shiri Bibas' remains

Overnight, Hamas freed six more Israeli hostages in Gaza. The release is happening despite heightened tensions between Hamas and Israel after the terror group handed over a body that was ...
CBS News - 4d
Watch: The moment six Israeli hostages are released

Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.
BBC News - 4d
Israeli hostages freed as Palestinian prisoner release delayed

Yahoo News - 4d
Hamas frees six hostages as first phase of ceasefire nears end

First phase of effort to end more than a year of conflict set to conclude on Thursday
Financial Times - 4d
Shiri Bibas not among bodies returned from Gaza, Israel says, accusing Hamas of ‘serious violation’

IDF statement comes hours after Benjamin Netanyahu orders further crackdown on occupied West Bank over bus explosions. One of the four bodies returned by Hamas to Israel on Thursday is not that ...
The Guardian - 5d
Hamas says it's sending Israel Shiri Bibas' remains after returning unidentified body instead

Hamas is vowing to investigate why Shiri Bibas' body was not one of the four returned to Israel this week alongside her two young sons. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
CBS News - 5d
Hamas failure to return body is new ceasefire setback

Israel says Hamas will pay the "full price" for handing over a body that it says was not that of Shiri Bibas.
BBC News - 5d
Israel Confirms Body Returned by Hamas Is That of Shiri Bibas

DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.
The New York Times - 4d
Israel receives bodies of four more Israeli hostgaes from Hamas

Israel has received the bodies of four more Israeli hostages, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said early Thursday local time.
NBC News - 7h
Hamas says deal reached with Israel on stalled ceasefire phase

Yahoo News - 19h
Israeli family mourns 'man of peace' as body returned from Gaza

Yahoo News - 6d