Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that tomorrow (Thursday) would be a difficult day for the nation as the bodies of four hostages who were killed in Hamas captivity will be returned to Israel.
"Tomorrow will be a very difficult day for the State of Israel. A wrenching day, a day of grief. We are bringing home four of our beloved hostages, deceased," he said.
"We embrace the families, and the heart of the entire nation is torn. My own heart is torn. So is yours. And all of the world's heart should be torn, because this demonstrates who we are dealing with, what we are dealing with — with such monsters.
"We are grieving, we are in pain, but we are also determined to ensure that such a thing never happens again," the Prime Minister said.
The Hamas terrorist organization has claimed that three of the hostages whose bodies will be returned will be Shiri Bibas and her two children Ariel and Kfir, who were just four years old and nine months old when they were kidnapped on the morning of October 7, 2023. The identity of the fourth hostage whose body will be returned is not currently known.