Word has come out that Hamas plans on releasing the bodies of the Bibas family. The terrorist organization has been very tight lipped about the fate of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel who were taken. along with their father and husband, Yarden. Yarden Bibas was released as part of the hostage deal earlier this month.
This week’s exchange will include 6 living hostages and 4 bodies. Khalil al-Hayya, the senior Hamas negotiator, said the bodies to be released would include those of the Bibas family – Shiri and her young children Kfir and Ariel, who were aged nine months and four years when Hamas kidnapped them.
In exchange, Israel will free all women and those under the age of 19 arrested since last October and is allowing some rubble-clearing equipment into Gaza through the border with Egypt.
Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen, Avraham (Avera) Mengisto, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, and Hisham Al-Sayed will all be released this Saturday. Mengitsu and Al-Sayed have been held in Gaza for around a decade, having crossed into Gaza on their own accord.