A propaganda video issued by Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows a terror operative supposedly digging up the remains of hostage Oded Lifshitz, whose body was handed over to Israel today along with those of three other slain captives.
Throughout the ground offensive against Hamas, the IDF dug up several graves in Gaza, in an attempt to locate and recover the bodies of dead hostages.
The video also shows a casket in which Lifshitz’s body was placed by Islamic Jihad, which is different from the one seen at today’s ceremony staged by Hamas.
The casket is plastered with propaganda messages blaming Israel for Lifshitz’s death, and is topped with a map of the claimed borders of Palestine with text reading: “We will not give up a centimeter of Palestine.”
The Times of Israel has chosen not to show the footage out of respect for the dead.
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