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Hamas Deal reached for simultaneous release of 4 slain hostages Palestinian prisoners
February 26, 2025 — Agreement confirmed by Israeli official, who says the captives’ remains will be returned on Wednesday; ToI told that if no further hostages released by March 8, ceasefire will end
Im sorry I couldnt protect you Yarden Bibas delivers heartbreaking eulogy
February 26, 2025 — Released hostage mourns wife Shiri and sons Ariel and Kfir, murdered in Gaza captivity, in emotional ceremony: ‘Watch over me so I don’t sink into darkness’
Omer Shem Tov Creator of the world thanks for being with me at every moment
February 25, 2025 — Released hostage Omer Shem Tov published a post on social media thanking the soldiers, the people of Israel, and G-d. ‘I felt your prayers, and even in the darkness I had light.’
Murdered hostage Oded Lifshitz laid to rest in Kibbutz Nir Oz
February 25, 2025 — The funeral procession began in Rishon Lezion, passing through Sa’ad Junction and Nir Oz Junction.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin helped freed hostage Or Levy survive captivity parents reveal
February 25, 2025 — The saying from Hersh that helped Or was a “slight mistranslation of Viktor Frankl and Nietzsche – if you have the why, you’ll find the how,” John Polin said.
Hamas said weighing quiet handover of slain hostages for delayed prisoners
February 25, 2025 — Report says terror group could transfer bodies to Egypt to be ID’d before inmates set free in two groups, as official warns ceasefire on ‘brink of collapse’ if logjam persists
Smotrich Israel to seize land if Gaza hostages arent returned
February 25, 2025 — If the captives, both living and dead, are not returned, Israel will expand the agricultural areas of the kibbutzim Be’eri and Nir Oz into the Gaza perimeter, said the Israeli finance minister.
BATTLE VIDEO IDF arrest two terror suspects in Judea and Samaria
February 24, 2025 — The IDF, Shin Bet, and Israel Police arrested two suspects last night in the Mikmesh area of the Benjamin Brigade in an attack on Israeli civilians the previous day.
Police Five significant attacks foiled in Jerusalem since start of year
February 24, 2025 — Terrorists who were released from jail as part of the hostage deal with Hamas have been banned from visiting Temple Mount during Ramadan.
Shiri Bibass body returned to Israel officials assess she was brutally murdered with sons in Gaza
February 24, 2025 — Announcement comes after Hamas finally delivers body overnight, a day after her 2 young sons were determined to have been murdered in cold blood by terrorists in Strip
Freed hostages were isolated in tunnels starved and degraded
February 24, 2025 — On Saturday, Hamas released Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham Al-Sayed to Israel.
Israel receives list of six hostages to be freed after Shiri Bibas not returned
February 21, 2025 — An official acknowledged that “right now, we are focusing on ensuring that the Saturday release, in which six hostages are expected to be freed, takes place.”
