Hamas fakes 'unearthing' partial remains of hostage whose body IDF recovered in 2023, Israel says
casket handed over by Hamas on Monday night to Israel contained the partial remains of Ofir Tzarfati, a hostage whose body was recovered by the military in early December 2023, Israeli officials said.
In addition to not returning the bodies of any of the 13 dead hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, Hamas staged a fake “discovery” of Tzarfati’s remains in eastern Gaza City in front of the Red Cross.
Israel has said Hamas has access to many of the remaining bodies and is dragging its feet in returning them, which it is required to do under the terms of the US-backed ceasefire agreement.
On Monday, Hamas brought the remains of Tzarfati out of a building and placed them in a hole it had dug in the ground in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. It then covered the body in dirt and pretended to uncover it for the first time in front of the Red Cross.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/casket-returned-by-hamas-had-remains-of-hostage-whose-body-idf-recovered-in-2023-israel-says/
= new reply since forum marked as read
