Hamas, Israel and Bibas

Israel says body returned by Hamas not that of hostage Shiri Bibas
Israel accused Hamas of a breach of the cease-fire agreement between the warring sides of the "utmost severity" after forensics tests showed the body of an 'Israeli hostage' returned was a Palestinian woman.
'A moment of true agony': Israeli president reacts to Hamas returning bodies of hostages
Hamas has released the bodies of four Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire deal, including three members of the Bibas family, who became the face of the victims of the Palestinian militant group’s Oct.
Hamas stages macabre ceremony to release bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include Bibas children and their mother
Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza — the first time the group has released deceased captives since October 7, 2023. They are said to include the bodies of Shiri Bibas,
Israeli military says body released by Hamas is not of a hostage
By James Mackenzie, Maayan Lubell and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday that one of the bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any of the hostages held in Gaza,
Israel Identifies Remains of Child Hostages But Says Another Body From Hamas Was Not Their Mother
The remains released Thursday were presumed to include Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir — and the Israeli government confirmed that one of the bodies returned was of Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted. Kfir, who was 9 months old when he was kidnapped, was the youngest captive.
Israel says Bibas boys were among the dead bodies returned by Hamas – but not their mother
Israel says it has identified two of the dead bodies returned by Hamas on Thursday as Ariel and Kfir Bibas – but tests show another body that was expected to be that of their mother Shiri is not hers – and does not match any other Israeli hostage.
The optics of Hamas' hostage releases
In one particularly "chilling" stunt, Hamas fighters handed Horn an hourglass with an image on it of the yet-to-be-released hostage Matan Zangauker, and the caption, "time is running out". Concerns over Hamas' staging of hostage releases mounted during the previous prisoner exchange last Saturday,
Hamas Set To Release Six More Israeli Hostages
Under the first phase of the ceasefire deal some hostages held in Gaza will be released in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons
After 3,800 Days in Captivity, Hamas’s Longest-Held Hostage Is Set for Release
Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian-born Israeli, was detained in 2014 after crossing into Gaza on his own.
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DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.
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Herzog to US media: Hamas’s ‘pure cruelty’ must be ‘met forcefully’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday highlighted to American media the cruelty the Jewish state is facing in its war against Hamas terrorists and as the country works to bring home the 70 ...
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Israel reacts to return of slain hostages, Hamas's withholding of Shiri Bibas
Kibbutz Nir Oz calls for "release not revenge"; Finance Minister Smotrich calls for Hamas’s annihilation; Aryeh Deri calls to strike Hamas with "an iron fist." ...
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Palestinians need a future, Mattarella tells Herzog
President Sergio Mattarella told his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog that Israel has Italy's support after the October 7 ...
Hostage's body not returned as remains 'mixed' in rubble, Hamas says
Hamas says the remains of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas appear to have been mixed with other human remains in what it claims ...