Ynet reported that Jerusalem was examining several responses to the violations, including expanding the IDF’s control of Gaza territory.
By JNS Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly called an urgent meeting on Tuesday to decide on a response to Hamas’s breaches of the U.S.-brokered hostage deal, following reports that the terrorists had released overnight Monday the remains of a captive whose body had already been returned for burial.
Ynet reported that Jerusalem was examining several responses to the violations, including expanding the IDF’s control of Gaza territory.
Israel said shortly before midnight on Monday that its forces had escorted a coffin across the border into the Jewish state and that the remains were on the way to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine for identification.
Earlier in the evening, the Jewish state confirmed that the International Committee of the Red Cross had retrieved a body from Gaza.
“Hamas is required to uphold the agreement and take the necessary steps to return all the deceased hostages,” the Israeli military said.
In the past, the Hamas terror organization has returned remains that it said were those of deceased hostages, but which turned out not to be.
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