Families demand ‘severe response’ by Israel after Hamas says returning only 4 hostage bodies today

The Hostage and Missing Families Forum demands a “severe response” from the government after Hamas said it would only be returning the bodies of four of the 28 dead hostages.

The forum demands an “immediate halt to the implementation of the agreement until the full and complete release of all the fallen.”

“The violation of the agreement by Hamas must be met with a very severe response from the government and the mediators,” the forum says.

“An agreement must be respected by both sides, if Hamas does not fulfill their part, Israel should not fulfill its part either,” the forum says.

“We demand all 28 hostages. We will not give up on anyone, down to the last hostage,” says the forum.

Hamas said a short while ago that it will return the bodies of slain hostages Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi and Daniel Perez today.

The terror group has told mediators it does not know where some of the bodies of slain hostages are located, which may delay their return to Israel.

According to the Kan public broadcaster, Israeli mediators are intensively working to try to get the number of bodies released today increased.