The household of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says a brand new physique handed over by Hamas on Friday is hers.
“Our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned dwelling,” the household stated in a press release. Israel’s forensic officers who’ve been analyzing the physique are but to substantiate the identification.
Stays handed over by Hamas on Thursday which it stated have been that of Shiri Bibas turned out to be an unidentified lady, Israel stated.
It comes as six dwelling hostages are resulting from be handed over by Hamas in a while Saturday as a part of the ceasefire deal. Greater than 600 Palestinian prisoners might be freed in change.
The Bibas household stated: “For 16 months, we sought certainty, and now that we have now it, there isn’t a consolation in it, however we hope for the start of a closure.”
Hamas claimed Shiri Bibas and her two youngsters have been killed by Israeli bombing, with out offering proof.
Earlier, a senior Hamas official confirmed to the NEWSTORN the handover of the brand new physique from Hamas to the Crimson Cross had taken place on Friday night.
Israel earlier accused Hamas of breaking the phrases of the ceasefire deal after forensic testing confirmed stays handed over on Thursday weren’t that of Shiri Bibas.
The our bodies of her sons Ariel and Kfir Bibas have been returned to Israel, as was that of one other hostage, Oded Lifschitz.
In a publish on X on Friday, Hamas spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta stated Shiri’s stays appeared to have been blended up with different our bodies below rubble after the air strike.
Israel has disputed the declare that Ariel and Kfir Bibas have been killed in an airstrike, with Israel Protection Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari telling a press convention “forensic findings”, which haven’t been seen by the NEWSTORN, steered the boys had been killed “intentionally”.
He stated proof had been shared with Israel’s “companions all over the world to allow them to confirm it”.
Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas have been aged 32, 4 and 9 months after they have been kidnapped throughout the Hamas assaults on Israel on 7 October 2023.
They have been taken hostage together with the youngsters’s father Yarden Bibas, 34, who was launched alive by Hamas on 1 February.
Within the Hamas assaults of seven October, about 1,200 folks – principally civilians – have been killed and 251 others taken again to Gaza as hostages.
In response, Israel launched a large army marketing campaign towards Hamas which has killed at the very least 48,319 Palestinians – primarily civilians – in keeping with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
