Hamas says it will release bodies of four hostages, including Bibas children, on Thursday.

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[JohnSJ]

1. Monsters

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2. Mother and babies were killed in an Israeli airstrike according to NPR

Shiri Bibas, 33, was taken hostage to Gaza with her husband Yarden in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, along with their sons Ariel and Kfir, who were ages 4 and nine months at the time. A month later, Hamas said the mother and children had been killed in an Israeli strike. Israel said their deaths were not confirmed.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/18/nx-s1-5300835/hamas-hostages-ceasefire-israel-gaza-bibas-family

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3. "According to NPR"? NPR reported that Hamas terrorists claimed that the children had been killed in an airstrike.

NPR reporting terrorist claims is a far cry from NPR reporting a fact.

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4. That time when Hamas terrorists claimed that hostage Daniella Gilboa was killed in an Israeli strike...

Hamas forced Daniella Gilboa to stage her own death during captivity, her mother says

Orly Gilboa says daughter ‘pleaded for her life’ not to do it, but was forced to be covered in powder and debris to make it look like she was hit in IDF strike in propaganda video

Released soldier hostage Daniella Gilboa has said she was forced by the Hamas terror group to record a video faking her death while in captivity, a propaganda clip that had indeed led to rumors that she had been killed, her mother said Wednesday.

Orly Gilboa, Daniella’s mother, told Channel 12 news that “one of the captors simply came to her with a camera and told her, ‘Today we are filming you dead.”

In November, a spokesman for Hamas’s military wing claimed that “one of the enemy’s female prisoners was killed in an area that is under Zionist aggression in the northern Gaza Strip.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-forced-daniella-gilboa-to-stage-her-own-death-during-captivity-her-mother-says/

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5. Hamas terrorist spokeman referred to the "mother and babies" as "occupation prisoners".

In a statement, al-Hayya said the group agreed "handing over four bodies of the occupation prisoners on Thursday 20 February, including the bodies of the Bibas family." Hamas claimed in November 2023 they had been killed in an Israeli air strike, without providing evidence.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdnp4ly5d1o

Qatari state media Al Jazeera referred to the "mother and babies" as

"captives"

Imagine characterizing a "mother and babies" kidnapped from their home, held hostage, and then murdered as "occupation prisoners" and "captives".

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6. Why are so few

Hamas hostages released, and hundreds of prisoners are released?

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7. I think that it's the only wat Israel can get hostages back.

It's a longstanding terrorist strategy.