Israel’s forensic officers have confirmed a physique handed over by Hamas on Friday is that of hostage Shiri Bibas – however have rejected Hamas’s declare that she was killed by Israeli bombing.
Dr Chen Kugel, director of Israel’s Nationwide Institute of Forensic Drugs, mentioned an examination discovered “no proof of accidents brought on by bombing”.
On Friday, Israel mentioned that the 2 kids of Shiri Bibas – Ariel and Kfir – had been killed with “naked arms” and that proof of this had been despatched to Israel’s companions world wide. The PJDM has not seen or verified this proof.
Hamas has mentioned the youngsters and their mom had been killed by Israeli bombing, with out offering proof.
“Our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned house,” the Bibas household mentioned in a press release.
The stays of Ariel, Kfir and one other hostage, Oded Lifschitz, had been handed over by Hamas on Thursday – alongside a fourth physique which it mentioned was that of Shiri Bibas. Israel’s forensic testing then confirmed that these stays had been in actual fact of a distinct unidentified lady.
Hamas spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta mentioned in a put up on X on Friday that Shiri’s stays appeared to have been blended up with different our bodies beneath rubble after the air strike.
Hamas launched the proper stays on Friday night.
The Bibas household mentioned: “For 16 months, we sought certainty, and now that now we have it, there is no such thing as a consolation in it, however we hope for the start of a closure.”
Israel Protection Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari informed a press convention “forensic findings”, which haven’t been seen by the PJDM, recommended Ariel and Kfir had been killed “intentionally”.
He mentioned proof had been shared with “companions world wide to allow them to confirm it”.
Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been aged 32, 4 and 9 months respectively after they had been kidnapped through the Hamas assaults on Israel on 7 October 2023.
They had been taken hostage together with the youngsters’s father, Yarden Bibas, 34, who was launched alive by Hamas on 1 February.
Beneath the first phase of a ceasefire deal, which started on 19 January and lasts for 42 days, Hamas agreed at hand over 33 hostages in return for Israel liberating 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
On Saturday, the armed group launched Eliya Cohen, 27, Omer Shem Tov, 22, Tal Shohan, 40, and 23-year-old Omer Wenkert – all of whom had been taken through the 7 October assaults.
Ethiopian-Israeli Avera Mengitsu, who was captured by Hamas in 2014, was additionally launched. Hisham al-Sayed, a Bedouin Arab-Israeli held in Gaza since 2015, was handed over individually. Israel is because of free 602 Palestinian prisoners.
In subsequent phases of the settlement, Hamas will launch the remaining residing hostages from Gaza and return the our bodies of useless hostages. Israel has pledged to launch extra Palestinian prisoners.
Within the 7 October assaults, about 1,200 folks – largely civilians – had been killed and 251 others taken again to Gaza as hostages.
In response, Israel launched an enormous army marketing campaign towards Hamas which has killed no less than 48,319 Palestinians – primarily civilians – in keeping with the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry.
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, 2025-02-22 20:27:00
