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Israel will no longer return bodies of Palestinian Hamas militants
2017-01-02
[BBC] Israel will not return the bodies of Paleostinian Lions of Islam to their families, but will bury them instead, officials said.

Israel said it was taking measures to ensure the return of Israeli remains from Paleostinian territory.

But the country's security cabinet announced the move after the release of mocking videos from the armed wing of Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",.

The decision will now become a permanent change in policy, it said.

The two video clips published by the Hamas military wing show a mock birthday for Oron Shaul, who Israel said was killed during the Gazoo War in 2014.

In one, his face has been digitally inserted over someone else's body, bound and in army fatigues.

He is visited by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a clown's costume, who blows out the candles on a birthday cake.

Sgt Shaul, 21, was one of seven soldiers reported killed in an incident in Shejaiya, near Gazoo City.

But Hamas has never confirmed that Sgt Shaul is dead.

After the meeting of the security cabinet, the prime minister's office released a brief statement on the decision.
Fair's fair. According to The Times of Israel, this is the riposte to:
The Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror group has long demanded Israel first release hundreds of Paleostinians who were renabbed
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
after they were freed in the 2011 Shalit deal before they would even enter into negotiations with Israel over a prisoner exchange.
And from Ynet:
In September, a senior Israeli official said that Israel had been holding since the 2014 Gazoo war 18 Paleostinians from the enclave as well as the bodies of 19 others and "offered to swap them for the bodies of the two Israeli soldiers."

However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
Netanyahu's coordinator on the issue of POWs and MIAs Lior Lotan said at the time that Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rejected the offer.
Posted by:Fred

#6  I'm sure Israel has perfectly suitable landfills for them.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-01-02 12:19  

#5  Why can't they give them back via a giant trebuchet?
Posted by: Raj   2017-01-02 12:18  

#4  Now AC, you're being disgusting - I likes my bacon.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-01-02 10:23  

#3  If Juice were as greedy and rapacious as claimed they would grind up the bodies and use them for fish food......or pig food.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-01-02 07:52  

#2  You mean they've been returning the bodies of terrorists up until now? For the love of Pete why?
Posted by: jpal   2017-01-02 07:30  

#1  Blow in Place
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-01-02 02:20  

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