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IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

The Israeli government accused Hamas of ‘violating every basic moral value’

February 21, 2025 07:04
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The nine-month-old was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his parents and brother during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (Picture: Getty)

ByJC Reporter, Jewish News Syndicate

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One of the bodies that were released to Israel from Hamas yesterday, belongs to an unidentified Gazan and not the 33-year-old mother of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday morning.

The Israeli National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police identified two of the four redeemed bodies as Ariel and Kfir, whom terrorists “brutally murdered” in captivity in November 2023, the Israeli military said. At that time, the boys would have been ages 4 and 10 months, respectively.

“This is a violation of utmost severity by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is obligated under the agreement to return four deceased hostages,” the IDF said. “We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all our hostages.”

Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, stated that “there are no words that can describe such an atrocity.”