Shiri Bibas’ Body Identified: Family Confirms Hamas Returned Remains Overnight

Shiri Bibas’ Body Identified: On Friday, it was confirmed by the family of Shiri Bibas that the body released overnight by the militant group Hamas actually belonged to the Israeli mother whose two small sons were also captives.

Earlier, the Palestinian group had mentioned that Shiri's remains were returned to Israel along with those of the two sons and another hostage on Thursday. However, tests conducted to confirm the bodies' identities found that the remains alleged to be that of Shiri Bibas belonged to an unidentified Palestinian woman instead.

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The very symbol of Israel's anguish following the Hamas attack that sparked the war is the Bibas family.

A view of terror on her face while holding her two kids, Ariel and Kfir, close to her, as armed militants take them away to Gaza is the most haunting memory today from video images shot on October 7, 2023, during the attack by the militant group.

This was, according to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement due to which he vowed revenge for the death of the Bibas, further aggravating the fears across Israel and Gaza alike.

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“We will work with determination to bring Shiri home together with all our hostages — both living and dead — and ensure that Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and malicious violation of the agreement. The sacred memory of Oded Lifshitz and Ariel and Kfir Bibas will be forever enshrined in the heart of the nation. May God avenge their blood. And so we will avenge," Netanyahu had said.

However, late Friday, the Palestinian militants had said that they turned over the correct set of remains to the Red Cross, which then sent them to Israel for testing. The identification was confirmed early on Saturday.

Following this, Shiri Bibas was identified by the Israel's Institute of Forensic Medicine and her family issued a statement saying, "Last night, our Shiri was returned home."

On Saturday, however, the two sides went ahead with the next round of exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners with Hamas on its end set to release six hostages at Rafah border to the Red Cross.

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