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Hamas demanding bodies of Yahya, Muhammad Sinwar – WSJ report
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Hamas is demanding the bodies of its slain leaders Yahya and Muhammad Sinwar be among those released by Israel, alongside living terror convicts and detainees, in exchange for the 48 hostages held by terror groups in Gaza, according to a Wall Street Journal report yesterday.
The demand has been made before, and Israel has rejected it, the newspaper notes.
US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan would see the terror group release the remaining 48 hostages — some 20 of whom are believed to be alive — within 72 hours, in exchange for 250 life-term Palestinian prisoners; 1,700 Gazans detained since the October 7 massacre, which sparked the Gaza war; and the remains of 15 slain Gazans in exchange for each deceased hostage.
Indirect negotiations over the plan are ongoing in Egypt.
The Times of Israel Community.