Gaza Strip
The decision comes ahead of next week’s visit to the region by Trump Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
“We will not allow the Hamas murderers to again ... rearm through smuggling,” the source said.
“In this painful moment, there is some solace in knowing that they will be laid to rest in dignity in Israel,” the Israeli president wrote on X.
“The basis of Game Theory is to give incentives to the other side to do what’s good for you. And we keep doing the opposite. We are literally killing ourselves.”
With the return of the four bodies, Israel has now received all 33 hostages to be handed over in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
In addition to hundreds who held an Israeli passport before the massacre, at least dozens of their descendants have since been allowed to enter.
“Hamas’s military head in northern Gaza met earlier this month with lieutenants to lay out how a renewed Israeli attack might unfold.”
So far, 54% of voters support Trump’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Hamas handed over remains it said were of Tsachi Idan, Ohad Yahalomi, Itzik Elgarat and Shlomo Mansour to the Red Cross en route to their return to Israel, “Al Jazeera” reported.
The strike was conducted after the terrorist was identified operating in violation of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
“Lebanon could actually normalize and come into the Abraham peace accords, as could even potentially Syria,” Steve Witkoff told attendees at an AJC event.
Egypt will oversee the transfer, which is expected to take place at 11 p.m.
