Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “revenge” on Thursday, excluding hostages.
The IDF called it a “very serious violation” by Hamas, and Israeli officials conducted forensic analysis to confirm the identity of the returned body only found the remains of two children of Lifshitz and Shiri Bibas, but no fourth one was found. Body IDF says Shiri Bibas – This is not another hostage match either.
“The cruelty of the Hamas monsters is infinite,” Netanyahu said in a statement released on Friday. “They not only kidnapped their father, Yarden Bibas, the young mother Shiri and their two little babies. They were cynical with a kind of cynical The way did not return Siri to her little child, the little angel, who placed the body of a Gaza woman in the coffin.”
Netanyahu continued: “We will take the determination to bring Shiri home with all our hostages and make sure Hamas pays full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement.”
Hamas did not respond to the IDF’s discovery.
Red Cross officials detained four black coffins at a ceremony in the southern Gaza city of Khan on Thursday. A Red Cross official and a Hamas commander appeared on the stage to sign the documents as part of the handover. The coffin was also taken to the stage.
The flags on the stage were declared Arabic and English: “The Return of the War = the Return of the Prisoners in the Coffin.”
Photo: Israeli soldiers receive coffin of life of late hostage in Gaza (GPO/via Reuters)
Israeli security officials confirmed to ABC News that an IDF-chaired ceremony was held in the IDF-controlled Gaza buffer zone and then brought the coffin across the border into Israel. The bodies were taken to the Israeli National Forensic Medical Center near Abu Kabir in Tel Aviv.
Kfir Bibas was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, only 8 1/2 months old, the smallest of 251 hostages on the day the group launched a terrorist attack on Israel People, this is the worst history in the country’s history. In the subsequent war, more than 48,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza.
IDF said Ariel Bibas was 4 years old when he died. Both children were confirmed to be killed in prison in November 2023, the IDF said Thursday.
The IDF said their father, Yarden Bibas, was also kidnapped and released earlier this month.
Another six hostages are expected to be released on Saturday, with four more bodies returning next week. The hostages to be released on Saturday were identified as Eliya Cohen, 27; Tal Shoham, 40; Omer Shem Tov, 22; Omer Wenkrat, 23; Hisham al-Sayed, 36; according to Israeli officials and hostages and missing The family forum said Avera Mengistu, 39, is now aged 2019.
ABC News’ Nadine El-Bawab, Ellie Kaufman, David Brennan and Morgan Winsor contributed to the report.
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