Palestinian terrorists and members of the Red Cross gather near vehicles on the day Hamas hands over deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas, and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack, to the Red Cross, as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Members of the Hamas terrorist group on Thursday lambasted US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to remove Palestinian civilians from the Gaza strip as a “bulls—t plan.” 

The remarks were made during a ceremony of sorts in the Khan Yunis town of southern Gaza celebrating the transfer of the bodies of four hostages — Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz — back to Israel after they had been murdered while in Hamas captivity. In the video, a large crowd was circled around a dirt pit, attentively listening to a leader of the terrorist group both criticize Trump as an “unleashed bull” and promise that future generations of Palestinians would continue fighting against Israel. 

Hamas erected a large banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a blood-drenched vampire superimposed on pictures of the Bibas family and Lifshitz. Thousands of Palestinian civilians assembled to partake in the event, shouting chants of victory. 

“Do you really think that boy that attacked a tank barefooted with his bayonet and IED will leave his homeland because of fear?” the terrorist said. “What do you think might frighten us? We’ve made very good friends with death lately.”

The Hamas member warned Trump to “think twice” about his proposal to vacate Gaza civilians from the war-torn enclave, arguing that the terrorist group is capable of “delivering” death to its opponents. 

“The war criminal Netanyahu & his Nazi Army killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes,” the banner read. 

A top United Nations official lambasted the parading of bodies as abhorrent.

“Under international law, any handover of the remains of deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement.

Earlier this month, Trump and Netanyahu, who was visiting the White House, held a press conference following their private meeting in the Oval Office. Trump asserted that the US would assume control of Gaza and develop it economically into “the Riviera of the Middle East” after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.

“The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.”

Trump has also referred to Gaza as a “demolition site” and said its residents have “no alternative” but to leave, suggesting Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab states as possible relocation sites. 

Trump has called for Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab states in the region to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Thus far, every state in the region has refused to absorb Palestinian migrants from Gaza.