WATCH: Video Reports to Show Hamas Orchestrated Discovery of Hostage Remains 

A video circulating across social media appears to show Hamas orchestrating a staged discovery of hostage remains.  

The video, which was captured by an Israeli drone, shows individuals taking a body bag from a building and dropping it in a pit of dirt. The men, who Israel claims are members of Hamas, then shovel dirt on top of the body before a bulldozer drives up and lifts the body from the dirt. Red Cross workers are then seen at the scene as the supposed Hamas terrorists pull the body bag from the pile of dirt in the bulldozer’s bucket.  

Hamas claimed the remains belonged to one of the 13 hostages still to be returned to Israel as part of the current ceasefire agreement, but following Israeli inspection, it was determined the remains are those of Ofir Tzarfati, a former hostage who Israeli soldiers discovered additional remains of in 2023.  

The Prime Minister of Israel X account shared the video, writing, “Hamas cheated Israel. Cheated America. Cheated the world.”  

The incident violates President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, according to Israel. Trump’s plan directed all hostages, living and dead, be returned to Israel within days of the signing of the deal. While all the living hostages have been released, and some hostage remains, Hamas has failed to return the remains of 13 hostages. 

Additionally, on Tuesday, Israeli Reservist soldier Master Sgt. Yona Efraim Feldbaum was struck and killed during an attack on Israeli troops on Gaza Strip, Israel announced Wednesday morning.  

In response, to “Hamas’ blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF struck dozens of Hamas terror targets throughout Gaza” late Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.  

In the strikes, the IDF claimed to have eliminated five terrorists who took part in the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel. Additionally, Israel said it struck “three battalion commanders, two deputy battalion commanders, and 16 company commanders, observation posts, weapons production warehouses, launch posts, underground tunnels, [and] mortar shell firing posts.”  

Following the strike, Israel said Wednesday that it “has begun the renewed enforcement of the ceasefire in response to Hamas’ violations.” 

“The IDF will continue to uphold the ceasefire agreement and will respond firmly to any violation of it,” according to the IDF.  

Vice President JD Vance, who was in Israel last week, confirmed that the ceasefire is holding, but added, that “doesn’t mean that there aren’t going to be little skirmishes.”  

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