Israeli hostage release: Hamas hands over four bodies
Also on Wednesday, thousands of Israelis lined the roads of southern Israel for the funeral procession of three hostages who were killed in captivity in Gaza - Shiri Bibas, and her two sons, Ariel and Kfir.
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Israeli TV channels carried a live feed of the scenes and - after a private burial - the public eulogies by relatives, with crowds gathering to watch on large screens in Tel Aviv's Hostages' Square.
Kfir, aged nine months, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, was the youngest of the 251 hostages snatched in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attacks. His brother, Ariel, was just four.
Shiri Bibas and her children were buried in a single casket next to the final resting place of her parents, Yossi and Margit Silberman, who lived in the same kibbutz and were killed there on 7 October.
In total, some 1,200 people were killed and 251 people taken hostage. It ignited the deadliest war in Gaza's history, in which more than 48,000 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
