Hamas Allegedly Hands Over Incorrect Remains of Israeli Hostage, Netanyahu Says Hamas Will Pay 'Full Price'

Hamas was set to hand over the remains of an Israeli woman, Shiri Bibas, and her two young children on Thursday. But Israel said Hamas turned over an unrelated Gazan woman’s body, throwing the ceasefire agreement into question.

The Details: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the incident was a violation of the ceasefire agreement signed last month, adding he will “ensure Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement.” Hamas said it was investigating the "possibility of an error or overlap in the bodies, which may have resulted from the occupation targeting and bombing the place where the family was located."

For Context: Six Israeli hostages and 602 Palestinians are set to be released on Sunday. 

How The Media Covered It: Reuters (Center bias) led with Hamas' comments, calling the incident a “possible error.” Reuters also reported that both sides of the conflict have claimed that the ceasefire has been violated. CBS News (Lean Left) included Netanyahu’s quote in the headline and criticisms that Hamas was improperly handling tradeoffs of human remains and hostages. CBS also included a quote from the IDF saying that the hostages were murdered by terrorists “in cold blood… they killed them with their bare hands.” How the hostages were killed has not been confirmed. The Washington Examiner (Lean Right) also included Netanyahu’s quote in the headline and included another quote from Netanyahu saying, “The cruelty of the Hamas monsters knows no bounds… In an unspeakably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri [the mother] to her little children, the little angels, and they put the body of a Gazan woman in a coffin.”