Israel's security cabinet decided Sunday not to return the bodies of Hamas terrorists killed by Israeli forces to their families, but that the state of Israel itself would bury the remains.
The cabinet made its decision after Hamas posted a video mocking Israeli soldier Oron Shaul who was killed in Gaza in 2016. Hamas took custody of his body and that of a second soldier, Hadar Goldin. Hamas has refused to surrender the bodies.
The video shows a mock birthday party for Shaul, complete with a cake, a baby's lullaby, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's face superimposed on a clown.
There has been no reaction so far from Hamas.
Israel's security cabinet met to talk about how to retrieve the bodies of the two soldiers and two other Israelis who are being held captive after crossing into Hamas-controlled Gaza on their own last year.
Netanyahu's office says the cabinet came up with a plan to bring back the Israelis, but gave no details.
以色列安全内阁星期天决定,不把以色列军队打死的哈马斯激进分子的遗体交给他们的亲属,而是由以色列来埋葬。
安全内阁做出这个决定之前,哈马斯组织公布了一段视频嘲弄2016年在加沙被打死的以色列军人奥伦·绍尔。奥伦·绍尔和另一名以色列军人哈达尔·戈尔登的遗体都在哈马斯手中。哈马斯拒绝交还他们的遗体。
这段视频用嘲弄的形式为奥伦·绍尔庆祝生日,视频里有生日蛋糕,摇篮曲,还有戴着以色列总理内塔尼亚胡面具的小丑。
哈马斯对以色列的决定尚未做出回应。
以色列安全内阁开会讨论了如何追讨这两名军人的遗体,以及去年自行进入哈马斯控制的加沙地带并遭到拘押的另外两名以色列人。
以色列总理内塔尼亚胡的办公室说,内阁已经制定出了一项计划,要把这些以色列人带回来,但是没有提供计划细节。
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