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Israel volition hold the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange successful protestation of Hamas' "humiliating" attraction of hostages, according to Israeli officials.
The merchandise of 620 Palestinian prisoners, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Sunday morning, Netanyahu's bureau issued a connection condemning Hamas propaganda generated during the exchange.
"In airy of Hamas’s repeated violations, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda purposes, it has been decided to hold the merchandise of terrorists that was planned for yesterday until the merchandise of the adjacent hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies," the office's connection said.
The connection came aft reports of Hamas fighters exploiting Israeli prisoners portion they were being released. On Saturday, 5 of the six freed hostages were accompanied by equipped militants successful beforehand of a crowd, including 3 Israeli hostages who posed alongside terrorists.
Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov and Eliya Cohen were among the hostages forced to airs with the terrorists. Shem Tov was besides forced to look cheerful, buss 2 militants connected the caput and blew kisses to the crowd.
The 3 besides wore fake service uniforms, though they were not enlisted erstwhile they were captured by Hamas.
In different caller ceremonial orchestrated by Hamas, 4 coffins were placed successful beforehand of a caricature of Netanyahu with a banner that said, "The warfare transgression Netanyahu & his Nazi service killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes."
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon called the motion "evil and depraved."
"For 16 months, Israel has been warring a deranged violent enactment that places nary worth connected quality life, particularly if it is Israeli oregon Jewish — each portion planetary institutions similar the U.N. refrained from condemning Hamas and formally demanding the contiguous instrumentality of our hostages," Danon said.
The United Nations besides condemned the coffin incident.
"Under planetary law, immoderate handover of the remains of [the] deceased indispensable comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman oregon degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families," the United Nations Geneva said connected X, attributing the punctuation to High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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