Hamas handed over bodies of three hostages on Sunday, even as the Palestinian militant group traded blame with Israel for violations of the tenuous truce that has mostly halted two years of war. Israeli forces in Gaza received coffins carrying the bodies of three hostages,

The hostages are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped.

Disarmament, accountability, and an end to impunity are the minimum requirements for any lasting peace. Anything less is bargaining with evil.