Ghastly. Absolutely ghastly. In a violation of the current cease-fire and hostage-for-prisoner exchanges, Israeli investigators discovered that the body of Shiri Bibas was not returned as Hamas claimed. The casket contained an unknown person, not any of the known hostages:
However, the third body at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute was not that of their mother, Shiri Bibas, says the Israel Defense Forces. Specialists at Abu Kabir were not able to identify the body.
The authorities, using forensic evidence and intelligence, assess that the two young boys were ‘”brutally murdered” by terrorists in November 2023, says the IDF. Ariel was 4-years-old and Kfir was 10-months-old when they were murdered.
“This is a very serious violation by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is required by the agreement to return four dead hostages,” says the IDF….
