Up To Old Tricks

Hamas has yet again broken a deal they agreed on, but it’s the way they did that also shows their true colors as we read in a report from the Jewish News Syndicate:

The Hamas terror group on Tuesday night transferred the bodies of three hostages to Israel, along with the remains of an unidentified fourth individual, amid growing pressure over its failure to return all 28 deceased captives as required under the Trump administration-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The IDF confirmed the fourth body was not a hostage:

“Following the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages,” the IDF said on Wednesday.

“Hamas is required to make all necessary efforts to return the deceased hostages,” added the statement.

Only returning four bodies with one of them not even a hostage is cruel deception but one Hamas is known for doing:

On Feb. 20, 2025, Hamas transferred to Israel a body it claimed was that of murdered hostage Shiri Bibas, but Israeli authorities soon determined it was a Palestinian from Gaza. Bibas’s actual remains were later returned to Israel.

We need to be reminded that not turning over the mother they murdered was not a mistake but yet another way to cause her family and husband more tears and pain. And now another family must wait until Hamas actually does what they agreed to do. In any event information on who they did return is given:

Earlier Wednesday, the families of Uriel Baruch, 35, who was abducted from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, and Tamir Nimrodi, 18, a soldier kidnapped from his base near the Erez Crossing during the Hamas-led massacre, confirmed their bodies had been identified.

Nimrodi’s death brings the number of fatalities among Israeli troops to 916 on all fronts since the Oct. 7 terror invasion. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum subsequently announced that one of the bodies handed over was that of Eitan Levi, 53. Levi, a taxi driver, was murdered in southern Israel during the Oct. 7 attacks, and his body was also taken to Gaza.

The forum also made sure they and all of Israel awaits the remains of all the others:

“All the families of the hostages have been updated accordingly, and our hearts are with them in this difficult hour. The effort to return our hostages is ongoing and will not cease until the last hostage is returned,” the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said in a statement on Tuesday night.

The other bodies were confirmed as well:

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities late Tuesday confirmed that the bodies received the previous day from Hamas were those of Guy Illuz, Yossi Sharabi, IDF Capt. Daniel Peretz and Nepalese agricultural student Bipin Joshi.

Netanyahu Stands Firm

The PM for his part is rightfully demanding that Hamas honor its agreement:

“The government and the entire establishment for the return of captives and missing of the State of Israel are determined, committed and working tirelessly to return all of our deceased hostages for proper burial in their country,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

“The Hamas terrorist organization is required to uphold its commitments to the mediators and return the fallen as part of the agreement’s implementation,” he added. “We will not compromise on this and we will spare no effort until we return all of the hostages, until the last one. May their memories be a blessing.”

Israel’s president also reminded Hamas to fulfill its promises:

President Isaac Herzog emphasized the Palestinian terrorist group’s “obligation to fulfill its commitment and return all the hostages,” while paying tribute to the seven deceased captives returned to Israel since Monday.

Herzog also said what all Israel wants:

“We as a nation bear a moral obligation to bring back all of our fallen who remain in Gaza. Every one of them, until the last,” Herzog wrote on X.

Hamas has been on the clock since last Friday to return all 48 hostages and so far hasn’t completely done so. Israel intended to sanction Hamas but didn’t after Hamas turned over more bodies. Still, One Israeli government leader isn’t liking what he’s seeing from the terrorists:

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday denounced Hamas’s tactics of deception.

“Enough with the disgrace,” the minister wrote on X. “Moments after opening the gates to hundreds of trucks, Hamas quickly reverted to its well-known tactics—lying, deceiving, and abusing families and bodies. Nazi terrorism understands only force, and the only way to solve problems with it is to wipe it off the face of the earth.”

US President Trump is giving Hamas more time to comply, though:

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday noted that Hamas had failed to meet its obligations under the deal but urged all parties to move forward.

“All twenty [living] hostages are back and feeling as good as can be expected. A big burden has been lifted, but the job is not done,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “The dead have not been returned, as promised! Phase two begins right now!!!”

According to an article from The Times Of Israel Hamas, who now is saying they returned all the bodies they can is hold, Israeli intelligence says that they know more than they are telling us:

Israeli intelligence shared with the US claimed that Hamas had access to more bodies than claimed by the Palestinian terror group, Axios reports. Citing two Israeli officials and one US official, the news outlet reports that Israel has told the US that Hamas is not doing enough to recover the bodies of the dead hostages, and that the Gaza deal cannot move into the next phase until that changes.

“We don’t see Hamas making maximum effort regarding the bodies,” it quotes an Israeli official as saying.

Hamas will drag this out as long as it helps them regroup. Trump, according to sources, can give Netanyahu the green light to end this his way. Israel is already planning what that will look like and I can tell you, that is the only way for this to end even from a Bible prophecy aspect.