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Jerusalem – mourners in Israel on Friday buried the remains of one of the last hostages that were published in the first phase of the ceasefire between the Hamas terrorists and Israel when the negotiators discussed a second phase who ended the war in Gaza and returned home.

The funeral procession for Tsachi Idan, an enthusiastic football fan who was 49 years old when he was kidnapped by the Hamas terrorists, began on the way to the cemetery where he was to be buried in a private ceremony.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, Idan, who was taken by Kibbutz Laach OZ on October 7, 2023, was killed in captivity.

His body was one of four over 600 Palestinian prisoners released from Hamas early Thursday, the last planned exchange of the first phase of the ceasefire, which began in January.

Idan was the only one in his family who was brought to Gaza. His eldest daughter Maayaner was killed when terrorists shot through the door of her safe. The Hamas terrorists broadcast live on Facebook to keep the Idan family in their house when his two younger children ask the terrorists to let them go.

“My brother is the real hero. He stopped, ”said Idan's sister Noam Idan Ben Ezra in an interview on Friday on the Israeli radio. She said.

Concern about remaining hostages

The first phase of the ceasefire will end on Saturday.

According to Israel, 32 of the 59 hostages are still dead in Gaza, and there was concern about the well -being of an unknown number that is still alive, especially after three hostages were published on February 8.

One of the three, Eli Sharabi, said in an interview with Israel's channel 12 Friday that he and other hostages in iron chains were held, starved or sometimes beaten or humiliated.

“During the first three days, my hands are tied behind my back, my legs are tied, with ropes that tear into her meat, and a bit of food, a little water during the day,” he said in one of the first interviews of a hostage that was released under the current deal. “I remember that because of the pain I hadn't fallen asleep, the ropes are already digging into your meat, and every movement makes you scream.”

After his release, Sharabi found that his wife and daughters were killed during the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023.

The next phase of the ceasefire

According to the conditions of the ceasefire Israel and Hamas, phase 2 of the ceasefire has included negotiations on the termination of the war. This includes the return of all remaining hostages and the withdrawal of all Israeli troops from the Palestinian territory. The return of the body of the remaining deceased hostages would occur in phase 3.

The Hamas said in a statement that it was published on Friday that it “confirms her complete obligation to implement all conditions of the agreement in all phases and details”. It asked the international community to put Israel under pressure to “continue immediately without delay or alternate to the second phase”.

Officials from Israel, Qatar and the United States have started the state information service of Egypt with “intensive discussions” about the second phase of the ceasefire in Cairo. Netanyah's office confirmed that he had sent a delegation to Cairo. According to an extension of the first phase, Israel was looking for the publication of additional hostages.

The negotiators of Israel will return home on Friday evening, said an Israeli official who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss the conversations of closed doors. The negotiations are to be continued on Saturday, the official said. However, it was not clear whether the Israeli team would travel back to Cairo to take part in them.

Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said on Friday that the coming days were “critical” and asked Israel and Hamas to fulfill their obligations.

In the first phase of the ceasefire, 33 hostages, including eight corpses, were released in return for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Netanyahu swore to return all hostages and to destroy Hamas' military and government skills that have control over Gaza strips. The Trump government has supported both goals.

The ceasefire, which was mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar, ended 15 months of war, which broke out after the terrorist attack on South Israel, which was killed by Hamas, in which around 1,200 people were killed.

According to the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza, the Israeli military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians that do not differentiate between civil and combative deaths.

Associated Press Writer Tia Goldenberg in Tel Aviv contributed.