Monday, February 17, 2025

Hamas Expected to Return Bodies of Several Hostages on Thursday;

Jewish Press

"Jerusalem is preparing to receive the bodies of four or five hostages on Thursday who were murdered in captivity in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s KAN News public broadcaster reported on Monday.

"The ceasefire deal with the Hamas terrorist organization stipulates that the bodies of four hostages will be returned to the Jewish State on the 33rd day of the ceasefire that went into effect Jan. 19, an Israeli official told Walla.

"According to KAN News, Hamas is scheduled to hand over the names of the slain captives on Thursday morning.

"Israeli military ambulances will collect the bodies at a meeting point, from where they will be brought to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv for identification."

"Officials involved in the preparations stressed that the families of the hostages will only be informed after the identification process is completed." . . .

Israeli military experts weigh in on Trump's ‘all hell’ threat to Hamas and what it could look like   . . ."In terms of Hamas’s long-range missiles, the current capabilities are minor, if at all. Mid-range was probably reduced to approximately less than 100 total, and for short-range capabilities such as mortars and drones, it’s hard to estimate," he told Fox News Digital.

"Hayman agrees that "all hell" might entail President Donald Trump giving carte blanche to Israel to use 2,000-pound bombs or greater leeway to demolish swaths of territory using bulldozers and other heavy machinery to prevent Hamas from regenerating.

"Israel might also change its fighting strategy to ensure Hamas is no longer able to regroup by retaking territory evacuated by troops in Gaza, according to Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser (res.), a former head of research in the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate.

" 'Israel could mount an attack in a different way than we saw till now. Instead of taking control of areas and then leaving them, we would keep control, minimizing Hamas’s ability to rule over the population in Gaza and thus its ability to survive," he told Fox News Digital." . . .

TRUMP’S GAZA RELOCATION PROPOSAL SPARKS HEATED DEBATE AMONG PALESTINIANS: ‘NO LIFE LEFT HERE’

"Two-state" solution made manifest. This did not have to be, Hamas.

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