Holding flags, orange balloons and signs saying ''forgive us,'' tens of thousands of Israelis lined highways as the bodies of a mother and her two young sons, killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip, were taken for burial on Wednesday.

A funeral procession for a mother and her two young sons was held Wednesday morning in Rishon Lezion, Israel, after their remains were turned over by Hamas last week.The remains of Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir were handed over to Israeli authorities late last week as part of an ongoing hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas.

Thousands of Israelis lined the streets as Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were killed in Hamas captivity, were buried.