Tears and heartbreak: The homecoming of 4 Israeli hostages, in coffins

Hamas handed over bodies of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his 4-year-old brother Ariel, the youngest captives from the October 7 attack, under the Gaza truce.

Published on: Feb 20, 2025 4:02 PM IST

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Hamas militants take pictures as fellow masked Palestinian fighters carry one of the coffins during the handover of the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Palestinian militants carry one of the four coffins during the hand over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters stand on stage next to the coffins of the four Israeli hostages during the handing them over to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Palestinian militants and members of the Red Cross gather near vehicles on the day Hamas hands over deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, to the Red Cross, as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip February 20, 2025.  (Reuters)

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A Palestinian girl throws flowers as Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Thursday. (AFP)

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Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Armed Palestinian militants stand next to the coffins on stage before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Palestinian militants carry one of the coffins as they hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Masked Palestinian militants stand next to one of the coffins on stage, with an altered portrait of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in the background, before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.  (AFP)

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Hundreds of people gathered in the winter cold ahead of the handover at Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Armed Hamas militants in black and camouflage uniforms toured the area. (AFP)

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Members of the Red Cross inspect a coffin during the handing over by Hamas militants of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Thursday. (AFP)

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Palestinians gather as Hamas fighters hand over coffins containing the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children, who had long been feared dead, to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday.  (AP)