After Thursday morning's handover, at a military ceremony on the edge of the Gaza Strip, the coffins carrying the hostages were draped with Israeli flags and prayers offered by the army's chief rabbi ...

The children died by hand. The red-headed Israeli boys, who came to embody the anguish of those kidnapped during Hamas’ attack on Israel, hadn’t been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Shiri Bibas and her two young, red-headed sons have come to symbolize the terror Israeli hostages have faced since they were kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 ...