Netanyahu accuses Hamas of “clear violation” of the ceasefire with the return of body parts of Gaza hostages recovered two years ago
Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of a “clear violation” of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire, saying the militant group had returned body parts of a hostage whose remains Israeli troops had recovered two years earlier.
Under the terms of the ceasefire, which came into force on October 10, Hamas is obliged to return the remains of all Israeli hostages as quickly as possible. In return, Israel agreed to hand over 15 Palestinian bodies for every Israeli. Hamas has not yet returned 13 bodies.
On Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross accompanied Hamas members inside areas of Gaza under the control of the Israeli army to facilitate the search for bodies, after Donald Trump on Saturday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to return the remains of the dead Israeli hostages “swiftly, or the other countries involved in this great peace will take action.”
In the evening, Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam brigades, said it had returned the body of an Israeli prisoner, with the Israeli government later confirming that it had received it from the Red Cross.
However, on Tuesday, the Israeli Ministry of Health’s National Forensic Institute said there was no match to any of the 13 missing bodies, saying the remains belonged to Ofir Tzarfati, whose body was recovered by the IDF in the Gaza Strip in December 2023, less than two months after his abduction.
The news infuriated Israelis, with far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich attacking Hamas and calling on Netanyahu to resume the war.
“The fact that Hamas continues to play games and not immediately transfer all the bodies of our dead is in itself evidence that the terrorist organization is still standing,” said Ben Gvir, the security minister.
“Now we do not need to ‘demand a price from Hamas’ for violations. We need to demand its very existence from it and completely destroy it, once and for all, in accordance with the central objective set for the ‘war of revival.’ [guerra em Gaza],” he said, adding, “Mr. Prime Minister, enough hesitation. Give the order.”
Smotrich, the finance minister, wrote to Netanyah calling for “forceful responses” to Hamas violations and calling for “the destruction of Hamas and the removal of the threat emanating from Gaza toward the citizens of Israel.”
Netanyahu said he would call an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss “possible Israeli reactions to Hamas’ violations of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement,” Israeli media reported.
The Times of Israel said the prime minister was considering moving the yellow line that divides Gaza in two to bring more territory under IDF control, or to stop humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.
Hamas has already returned the remains of 15 hostages, with 13 bodies still in the territory.
The militant group says it does not know the precise whereabouts of all the bodies, saying it has lost contact with several of its units that were holding the hostages and who were reportedly killed during Israeli bombings.
In a separate event on Tuesday, police said Israeli forces killed three Palestinians they described as members of a “terrorist cell” during an attack near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Originally published by The Guardian on 10/28/2025
By Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
Source: https://www.ocafezinho.com/2025/10/29/ministros-de-extrema-direita-de-israel-pedem-retomada-da-guerra/
