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Now Israel will have to decide what it wants to do,
he said
The level of devastation in Gaza is massive – from homes, to hospitals to schools
Mr Türk said
We are witnessing one of the achievements of the Palestinian people with the release of the seventh and eighth batches of prisoners, which is the largest so far within the ceasefire agreement arrangements,
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said in a press statement
Hamas has indiscriminately fired projectiles into Israeli territory – amounting to war crimes.”
Mr Türk saidNothing justifies the appalling manner in which Israel has conducted its military operations in Gaza which consistently breached international law
said Volker Türk, while presenting a new report on the human rights situation in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem to the human rights council in GenevaThis is outright abuse of a family that has already been enduring hell for 16 months,
Ofri Bibas, Yarden’s sister, said
Our disaster as a people and as a family should not have happened, and it must not, must not happen again,
she said
Yesterday, the funeral of Oded Lifshitz took place; today, the funeral of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas is taking place. We remember all the victims of October 7. We remember, and we will not forget,
said speaker Amir Ohana
The Bibas family, I think, is like the symbol of everything that happened to us since October 7,
said retired teacher Ayala Schlesinger Avidov, 72, visibly emotional as she spoke to AFPShiri, I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you all,
Bibas said in his eulogy, his voice cracking
In accordance with Israeli demands, an agreement was reached with the mediators: our four fallen hostages will be returned tonight... without Hamas ceremonies.”
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office also confirmed the handover stating
Mediators have informed Hamas that the (hostage-prisoner) exchange will take place on Thursday ... Hamas and other resistance factions will hand over four bodies of Israeli captives, and in return, Israel will release more than 600 Palestinian detainees,
a Hamas official told AFP
I think if I stop to think about it for more than a split second, I feel so sickened, so sickened,
said Simi Polonasky, 38, who travelled from Miami to support hostage familiesIt's not a regular situation: if you're not feeling numb, you're feeling so shattered and broken that it almost feels hard to continue,
she told AFP, starting to weep as she spokeThe two babies and the mother that did nothing to the world and were murdered in cold blood,
she addedWe're making a lot of progress. Israel is sending a team right now as we speak,
Witkoff said,
In light of Hamas’s repeated violations, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda purposes, it has been decided to delay the release of terrorists that was planned for yesterday until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies,
the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement
It’s either going to be in Doha or in Cairo, where negotiations will begin again with the Egyptians and the Qataris,
he said
Next Saturday, Israel is supposed to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor as part of the first phase,
Al Jazeera’s correspondent said, ... adding thisThe handover will take place without the presence of the public,
a Hamas official told the AFP news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity