Hamas stalls on returning bodies of 13 dead hostages, stages fake discovery of remains

There are two possible reasons why Hamas has not returned the bodies of the Israeli hostages: either because they disposed of many altogether, or the bodies will serve as evidence of barbaric, systematic abuse by Hamas, or both. Hamas has been benefitting from global propaganda, and it doesn’t want the truth revealed about what it really is: a group of savage jihadists with no respect for infidel life. It will go to any length to cover up what it is. But Hamas can only lie so far. It now finds itself in a bind, since Israel awaits the return of the remains of the hostages as part of the ceasefire deal. The world watches.

“Hamas fakes unearthing partial remains of hostage whose body IDF recovered in 2023, Israel says,” by Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol, Times of Israel, October 28, 2025:

A 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 afternoon, Hamas brought the remains of Tzarfati out of a building and placed them in a large hole it had dug in the ground in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. It then covered the body bag in dirt and pretended to uncover it for the first time in front of the Red Cross…

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