Despicable. And yet, it tells us nothing about Hamas that we didn’t already know after October 7, or for that matter, the previous two decades in Gaza.
Hamas and Israel have agreed to expedite the exchange of hostages in Gaza for prisoners in Israel today, in an attempt to build some basis for ongoing Phase 2 negotiations in the cease-fire. At the same time, though, Hamas again claimed that Shiri Bibas and her two babies are dead and plan to send their bodies as part of the next exchange.
Understandably, her husband and the rest of her family refuse to take Hamas’ word:
The Bibas family says it is “in turmoil” after Hamas’s announcement that the bodies of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir will be returned to Israel on Thursday.
However, the family stresses that it has not yet received an official update from Israeli authorities confirming that their loved ones are…
