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It is the largest swap under January's ceasefire agreement, with about 600 Palestinian prisoners also slated to be freed. It comes after Shiri Bibas's body was returned by Hamas.
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 Hamas freed two hostages and was set to release four more from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after Israel confirmed that a body handed over hours earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas.
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The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned to Israel after Hamas sent back the wrong human remains.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas will "pay the full price" for not returning the body of Shiri Bibas to Israel. Netanyahu added that the body that was returned to Isreal was a Gazan woman.
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