US EditionRed Cross Issues Rare Rebuke of Hamas Over Staged Hostage Recovery
Hamas staged burial footage aims to falsely show compliance with ceasefire while holding 13 deceased hostages, Israel says 15 bodies have been returned so far.
- On Tuesday, unverified Israel Defense Forces drone footage published by Israeli media appeared to show Hamas militants throwing remains into a pit and covering them in front of an International Committee of the Red Cross team, footage reportedly captured on Monday.
- While the ceasefire freed 20 living captives, Hamas has returned only 15 of the 28 bodies, with Israel believing at least 10 of the 13 remaining are locatable.
- Family representatives told Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum they saw video of Ofir Tzarfati’s remains being removed, buried, and handed to the Red Cross, while the Prime Minister's Office said his body was retrieved from Gaza two years ago.
- Israeli leaders met Tuesday and ended without decisions after the Israel Defense Forces proposed possible moves including renewed Gaza attacks, while Benjamin Netanyahu said coordination with the Trump administration was needed.
- Under the U.S. plan, Hamas had committed on Oct. 13 to handing over all 48 hostages, and on Saturday Donald Trump urged return of remains within 48 hours, warning action over two Americans.
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On Tuesday, the Israeli Army released a video in which it states that Hamas members can be observed pretending to find the body of one of those abducted after the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023. "These images clearly show that Hamas is trying to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies, while in reality it holds dead hostages whose remains it refuses to surrender, as required by the agreement," the Israel Defense Forces (I…
The Humanitarian Deception: When Aid Groups Echo Hamas’ Propaganda
Key takeaways: The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Doctors Without Borders have all been working in Gaza since the beginning of the war. These major humanitarian organizations have frequently been found to be amplifying Hamas’ propaganda or willfully turning a blind eye to the atrocities committed by the terrorist organization. Despite these credibility issues, the media continues to tr…
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J-WireRed Cross aided staged Hamas ‘recovery’ of hostage remains in Gaza, Israel says
"We want to believe they weren't part of this," a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister's Office told JNS.The post Red Cross aided staged Hamas ‘recovery’ of hostage remains in Gaza, Israel says appeared first on JNS.org.
Hamas called on the Red Cross to rescue a hostage corpse in the Gaza Strip. A video shows that the rescue was "false".
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