ISRAEL has demanded Hamas thugs face “hell” after they put on a twisted parade using the locked coffins of four killed hostages. The remains of the youngest Israeli hostage Kfir, 2,
A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire Saturday.
Shem Tov, from the Israeli city of Herzliya, was abducted from the Nova music festival with his friends Maya and Itay Regev, former captives who were released in November 2023. He's a passionate musician and DJ, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Hamas Releases Israeli Hostages. Emotional scenes unfold in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square as Israelis cheer and cry while watching the live footage of Hamas releasing Israeli hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu in Rafah,
Hamas has said it won’t release the remaining captives without a lasting ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Netanyahu, with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, says he’s committed to destroying Hamas’ military and governing capacities and returning all hostages, goals widely seen as mutually exclusive.