Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Friday for what he called Hamas’s “cruel and malicious violation” of the cease-fire and hostage release deal. Hamas had promised to release the bodies of four Israeli captives on Thursday: Oded Lifshitz; Shiri Bibas; and Bibas’s two children, Ariel and Kfir, who were 4 years old and 9 months old, respectively, at the time of their capture. But upon examination of the remains, Israeli officials discovered that another body whose DNA does not match any of the captives had been returned instead of Shiri’s.
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Cease-Fire Setback
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Friday for what he called Hamas’s “cruel and malicious violation” of the cease-fire and hostage release deal.
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