Yolan Nel
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Global News Podcast
Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
It's been a bit of a confusing picture that's emerged over the course of the day. Hamas said from late last night that mediation efforts had gone on in Cairo had resolved this latest impasse over the release of these 600 Palestinian prisoners.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
said that it was going to go ahead with handing over the four remaining Israeli hostage bodies that it's supposed to hand over in this initial six-week stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal. And we're expecting another set of Palestinian prisoners to be released in exchange for those bodies as well.
Global News Podcast
Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
But the latest statement that has come from Hamas, it now says the date for this exchange will be announced to what it describes as the right time. It said that the swap would take place through what it called a new mechanism guaranteeing Israel's commitment without giving more details on that.
Global News Podcast
Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
So he gave this very loving tribute to his wife Shiri and to his two little sons and talked too about what he saw as his failure to protect them.
Global News Podcast
Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Many of the people, tens of thousands according to the Israeli media, that lined the route to watch this funeral procession go past, they were carrying orange balloons. This colour has really come to symbolise these two little boys and indeed the plight of the hostages and their families more widely because of the little boy's bright red hair.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Kafir Bibas was the youngest of the 251 hostages who were taken the 7th of October. His brother Ariel was just four. We had their bodies returned along with that of their mother last week as part of this ongoing exchange once this week's proceedings have been completed, if all goes to plan.
Global News Podcast
Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
33 hostages that have been handed over in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees being released from Israeli jails and detention centres.