{"id":7026,"date":"2025-02-18T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hamas-says-it-will-release-more-hostages-than-expected-this-week-including-bodies-of-the-bibas-family\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:31:26","slug":"hamas-says-it-will-release-more-hostages-than-expected-this-week-including-bodies-of-the-bibas-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hamas-says-it-will-release-more-hostages-than-expected-this-week-including-bodies-of-the-bibas-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas says it will release more hostages than expected this week, including bodies of the Bibas family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Cairo<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 In a surprise announcement, a top Hamas leader said Tuesday that the U.S. and Israeli-designated terrorist group would release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday, including the remains of the Bibas family, who for many Israelis have embodied the captives&#8217; plight in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p> Israel has said it is gravely concerned about <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-war-bibas-family-hamas-claims-mom-2-kids-killed-idf\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Shiri Bibas and her two young sons<\/a><\/span>, Ariel and Kfir, but has not confirmed their deaths. Hamas said they were killed in an Israeli airstrike early in the war.<\/p>\n<p> Kfir, who was 9 months old at the time, was the youngest hostage taken in the Hamas-orchestrated Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack that triggered the war in Gaza. Israel&#8217;s retaliatory war in Gaza has killed more than 48,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Israel Palestinians Tormented Families \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/11\/29\/03cf00d1-3483-481c-86b9-8e8c1163d304\/thumbnail\/620x414\/0575f924241d58b2fd62c5c32dd43dcc\/ap23328390322827.jpg?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/11\/29\/03cf00d1-3483-481c-86b9-8e8c1163d304\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/380a1f6f70a2ff27435809d47b35865c\/ap23328390322827.jpg?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Ofri Bibas Levy wears a shirt with her brother, sister-in-law and their two children, ages 4 and 10 months, who were taken captive in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 21, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ariel Schalit\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A video of the abduction on Oct. 7 showed Shiri swaddling her redheaded boys in a blanket and being whisked away by armed men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, in prerecorded remarks on Tuesday, said the &#8220;Bibas family&#8221; would be included in the handover of four bodies. They will be the first hostage remains released by the group under the current ceasefire, which took effect on January 19.<\/p>\n<p>The six to be released on Saturday are the last living hostages to be freed during the ceasefire&#8217;s first phase, according to the terms of the agreement brokered by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/netanyahu-warns-gates-of-hell-will-be-opened-if-hamas-does-not-release-hostages\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Netanyahu warns &#8220;gates of Hell&#8221; will be opened if Hamas does not release hostages<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">04:04<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The terms of the deal called for only three more hostages to be freed in this next exchange, and it was not immediately clear why Hamas had changed the plan.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said however that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to allow long-requested mobile homes and construction equipment into Gaza as part of efforts to accelerate the hostages&#8217; release.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas last week threatened to delay its ongoing releases of hostages, citing the refusal to allow in mobile homes and heavy equipment among other alleged Israeli violations of the truce, but an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hamas-to-release-israeli-hostages-per-gaza-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">agreement was reached<\/a><\/span> ahead of the Saturday handover, which went ahead without incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An American-Israeli dual national, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hamas-frees-hostages-american-israeli-sagui-dekel-chen-gaza-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sagui Dekel-Chen<\/a><\/span>, was among the three hostages released on Feb. 15 \u2014 the second U.S. national freed by Hamas during this ceasefire after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-ceasefire-american-keith-siegel-hostage-3rd-release-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Keith Siegel<\/a><\/span> was handed over earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/israel-celebrates-return-of-3-more-hostages-including-an-american-israeli\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Israel celebrates return of 3 more hostages, including an American-Israeli<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">02:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hostages have been freed in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons \u2013 including some who were serving long sentences for serious crimes.<\/p>\n<p> The ceasefire has paused the deadliest fighting ever between Israel and Hamas, enabled a surge of aid into the devastated Gaza Strip and allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to their homes, or what is left of them, as Israeli forces have withdrawn from much of the territory.<\/p>\n<p> The sides have yet to negotiate the second and more difficult phase, in which Hamas would release dozens more hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p> Major challenges are ahead. Israel&#8217;s government says it wants to eliminate Hamas&#8217; military and governing capabilities in Gaza. But the terrorist group quickly reasserted its control over the territory during the ceasefire despite losing leaders and many fighters.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, President Trump&#8217;s new proposal to relocate the Palestinians out of Gaza so the U.S. can redevelop the territory has been rejected by the Arab world and by the Palestinians, whom Mr. Trump \u00a0has said would not be allowed to return. But Israel has embraced the plan and, along with the Trump administration, has emphasized they share the same goals in the war.<\/p>\n<p> Israelis were horrified by the sight of three emaciated hostages in an earlier release this month, and revelations about hostages being held alone, barefoot or in chains have increased the pressure on Netanyahu&#8217;s government to push ahead with the ceasefire&#8217;s next stage.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Crisis in the Middle East<\/h3>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/gaza-conflict\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              More<br \/>\n              <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" 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