Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He vowed to “revenge” Hamas after it was discovered that the body in the coffin bearing the name and photo of Shiri Bibasa was an unidentified woman, not a mother of two.
On Thursday, Hamas was supposed to deliver the bodies of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas and Odeed Lifshitz. However, during the identification procedure, Israel discovered That the body inside the Shiri coffin was not hers.
“This Hamas monsters also cynically refused to return the boy’s mother, Shiri and instead sent the body of a woman Gazan, to the courage of violating the agreement,” Netanyahu said in a statement on Friday.
Ofri Bibas Levy, whose brother Yarden, 34, took hostage with his wife Shiri (32) and two children, Airla and Kfir. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse)
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“And as the Prime Minister of Israel, I seize that I will not rest until the savages who executed our hostages do not bring in justice. They do not deserve to walk this country. Nothing will stop me. Nothing,” he added.
IDF spokesman, rear adm. Daniel Hagari, citing forensic findings and intelligence, confirmed on Friday that Ariel and Kfir Bibas “had been killed by terrorists in cold blood. Terrorists They did not shoot two young boys, they killed them with their own hands. They later committed horrific acts to conceal these crimes. “
Hagari said Hamas handed over the “body of an anonymous woman” instead of Shiri Bibas was “further evidence of Hamas’s barbarian cruelty.”
In response to the findings, the hostage forum and missing families issued a statement.
“The findings of the frightening and brutal murder of Ariel and Kfir Bibas – only innocent newborns – in the hands of Hamas are scary and brutal. .
The organization, which was founded after the Hamas attack on October 7, reiterated its demand that Hamas let the remaining hostages “before it is too late.”
Ofri Bibas Levy wears a shirt with her brother, sister and their two children, at the age of 4 and 10 months, trapped in Gaza, in Tel Aviv in Israel, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Ofri Bibas Levy, sister of Yarden Bibasa, however, hit a different chord in a statement published by the hostage forum and missing families.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at this painful moment we didn’t get an apology. For Ariel and Kfir, and for Yarden, we are not looking for revenge at the moment. We are looking for Shiri,” Levy said in a statement.
The Hamas terrorists took the Bibas family taken from their kibbut on October 7, 2023. (Fox & Friends/Screengrab)
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The revelation that Shiri’s body was not returned with its sons caused widespread anger. World leaders and celebrities, including Dr. Phil and Patricia Heaton, condemned Hamas’ actions and expressed disgust from the terrorist group.
Ambassador Ritchie Torres, D -ny, who was careful about his support from Israel, scored they criticizing the response of the Jewish state to Hamas’ attacks.
“Those who insist that Israel stops defending themselves in front of the genocidal terror asking the only Jewish state in the world to sign a suicide pact that no other nation -state, including ours, will sign,” Torres wrote on X.
American Envoy for hostage Adam Boehler called Hamas’ actions “Terrible” and “clear violation” of the trial agreement while talking to CNN on Thursday with Anderson Cooper. Boehler warned that if Hamas did not post all the remaining hostages, he would “face complete destruction.”
Netanyahu also delivered a message to fallen Israelis whose bodies Hamas returned on Thursday.
“Ariel, Kfir and Odud: I’m so sorry we couldn’t save you from the monsters that did so. We respect your kind and love souls, so tragically cuts the evil terror,” the Prime Minister said.
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Israel is being prepared to receive six living hostages on Saturday, two of which kept hostage in Gaza for more than a decade.
