Israel is preparing to receive the remains of several hostages from Hamas on Thursday, according to a report by the Kan public broadcaster.
As part of an agreement with Hamas, the bodies are set to be returned on the 33rd day of the ceasefire, which falls on Thursday. The IDF have already begun logistical preparations for the transfer. Reports indicate that the hostages were killed while in Hamas captivity.
The exact number of bodies to be returned remains unclear. Kan reports that five bodies will be handed over, while the Walla news site claims the number is four. The identities of the hostages will be provided to Israeli authorities on Thursday morning, after which IDF ambulances will transport the remains to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute for identification. Families will only be informed once the identification process is complete.
The Prime Minister’s Office has not yet confirmed these reports.
Meanwhile, three living hostages are expected to be released on Shabbos.
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Israel should release bodies in the same 30 or 50 to 1 ratio as the live ones. If they don’t have that many bodies to exchange, they can always make new ones.
3 For there our captors asked us for words of song and our tormentors [asked of us] mirth, “Sing for us of the song of Zion.”
=כִּ֚י שָׁ֨ם שְׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֖יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֜֗נוּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן:
And will the bodies also be required to sign a certificate of completion, and tell the crowd how nicely they were treated during their stay?