Hamas Names Four Israelis Whose Bodies Will Be Handed Over on Wednesday Evening
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Hamas has named the four Israelis whose bodies will be handed over on Wednesday night after reaching a deal with mediators on the handover of the 620 Palestinian detainees who were due to be freed by Israel last week, and “an equivalent number of women and children” abducted from Gaza since the war began.
The spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, has announced the names of the four Israeli captives: Tsachi Idan, Itzik Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, and Shlomo Mansour.
A senior Hamas official has told the AFP news agency that the Palestinian movement will not hold a public ceremony for the handover of the bodies of the four Israeli captives.
“The handover will take place without public presence to prevent the occupation from finding any pretext for delay or obstruction,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to discuss the matter.
In return, 445 Palestinian detainees will be released from Israeli prisons, between 10 and 11 PM today, local time, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
