The IDF confirmed on Friday morning that the hostage remains released on Thursday belonged to Ariel and Kfir Bibas. However, the third body “was not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was found for any other abductee. It is an anonymous body without identification,” the military stated.
“This is a very serious violation by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is required by the agreement to return four dead hostages. We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all our hostages,” the military added.
The IDF said that forensic officials carried out several tests on the anonymous woman’s body to ensure the result’s accuracy, Army Radio reported, adding that the body was received in “a condition in which it could be clearly verified it does not belong to Shiri Bibas.”
Ariel and Kfir Bibas were brutally murdered in November of 2023 by terrorists in captivity, forensic findings and assessments of professional officials found, as per the Israeli military.
The bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two sons were meant to be returned on Thursday morning according to an understanding between Hamas terrorists and Israeli authorities.
Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir were also among the 33 names listed to be released from Hamas captivity under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal, but it was only revealed on Tuesday that they were not alive.
Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the boys’ father was released by Hamas terrorists on February 1.
Danny Danon calls on UN to act
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon wrote “There are no words that can describe such an atrocity. Hamas not only murdered Ariel and Kfir Bibas in cold blood – a four-year-old boy and a ten-month-old baby – but continues to violate every basic moral value even after their death.”
“Instead of returning Shiri, the mother of Kfir and Ariel, Hamas returned an unidentified body, as if it were a worthless shipment. This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel.” He continued.
There are no words that can describe such an atrocity. Hamas not only murdered Ariel and Kfir Bibas in cold blood – a four-year-old boy and a ten-month-old baby – but continues to violate every basic moral value even after their death.Instead of returning Shiri, the mother of… pic.twitter.com/pK5pgD2Yr1
— Danny Danon דני דנון (@dannydanon) February 21, 2025
“The UN Secretary-General, the Security Council and the General Assembly cannot continue to remain silent in the face of Hamas’s barbarity. The State of Israel demands a clear and unequivocal condemnation of this heinous crime, and a clear and an immediate demand for the return of Shiri to her family. History will remember well who stood by and remained silent while Hamas trampled on the most basic principles of humanity,” he concluded.
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