Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas’s household verify new physique returned by Hamas is hers
The physique handed over to Israel by Palestinian terror outfit Hamas on Friday has been confirmed to be that of hostage Shiri Bibas, her household mentioned in a press release on Saturday. The event comes amid widespread outrage in Israel after the physique returned earlier this week by Hamas, which it claimed to be that of Shiri Bibas, turned out to be another person.
The 32-year-old mom of two had come to symbolise the ordeal of hostages taken by Hamas throughout its October 7, 2023, offensive.
“After the identification course of, we acquired the information this morning that we had feared: our Shiri was murdered in captivity… She has returned house to her sons, her husband, her sister, and all her household to relaxation,” a press release by the Bibas household mentioned.
Shiri’s husband, Yarden Bibas, was launched by Hamas earlier this month after being in captivity for 484 days. On Thursday, Hamas handed over 4 our bodies as a part of a ceasefire deal that has paused the brutal conflict in Gaza.
The Palestinian outfit claimed the our bodies have been of Shiri, her two younger sons, Kfir and Ariel, and one other captive, Oded Lifshitz. Nevertheless, forensic exams by Israeli authorities discovered the physique to be not of Shiri Bibas, prompting outrage within the Jewish nation and considerations concerning the deal being upended.
An irate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned he would make “Hamas pay” for not returning the physique of Shiri. In a hard-hitting video assertion, Netanyahu mentioned, “We are going to act with willpower to convey Shiri house together with all our hostages – each residing and useless – and guarantee Hamas pays the complete value for this merciless and evil violation of the settlement.”
On Friday, Hamas launched one other physique, which was confirmed to be of Shiri. The outfit mentioned it had been “mistakenly blended” with others who have been buried beneath the rubble in Gaza.
Hamas has maintained that Shiri and her two kids have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza – a declare dismissed by Israel.
On Saturday, six extra hostages will likely be returned by Hamas in trade for greater than 600 Palestinian prisoners. The ceasefire deal, which got here into impact on January 19, has halted months of brutal preventing that killed 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, triggering a humanitarian disaster.
