Hamas returns bodies of four Israeli hostages as Simon Harris says small coffins a ‘stark reminder& of brutality in Gaza

Hamas has released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation's agony following the October 7, 2023 attack.

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Hamas-Israel hostage swap: Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.

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BBC urged to pull Gaza documentary over revelation about child featured

The BBC has been urged to pull a documentary about Gaza from BBC iPlayer after it emerged that a child in it is the son of a Hamas leader.

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Israel charges five soldiers ‘who badly beat Palestinian prisoner&, leaving him needing intestinal bag

Israel has charged five soldiers with beating a Palestinian prisoner so badly he needed to have a bag fitted to remove bodily waste.

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Israel confirms identities of four dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza

The remains of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in Gaza are expected to be returned on Thursday, an Israeli official has said.

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Hamas to release six Israeli hostages and four bodies as fears grow for mother and two children

A top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others tomorrow, a surprise increase that apparently comes in return for Israel allowing mobile homes and construction equipment into the devastated Gaza Strip.

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