Fox News: Hamas hands over bodies of 4 slain Israelis, including Shiri Bibas and her two young boys

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Hamas hands over bodies of 4 slain Israelis, including Shiri Bibas and her two young boys

Hamas has turned over the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages more than 500 days after the terrorist group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel.......                    ...                        ...Hamas has turned over the bodies of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login more than 500 days after the terrorist group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel.......Hamas said the bodies would include Shiri Bibas and her two toddlers, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist and activist. Their identities will be confirmed in Israel, which could take up to 48 hours.......At the time of their kidnapping, Shiri was 32 years old, Ariel was 4 years old and Kfir was 9 months old. Their father, Yarden, was also kidnapped by Hamas, but survived and was released on Feb. 1.......Lifshitz, a retired journalist and activist, was 83 years old when he and his then 85-year-old wife, Yocheved, were You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login She was released on Oct. 23, 2023.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The transfer took place in front of a large crowd near Khan Younis at around 9 a.m. local time on Thursday. The crowd was reportedly cheering when Hamas arrived carrying four black coffins in four separate cars......."As the bodies of four You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login are transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross, hundreds of 'innocent Gazans' dance to music, and happily film this tragic event," Israel's Government Press Office wrote on X. "Speechless doesn't begin to describe how this makes us feel."......The coffins were later transferred to a Red Cross car, which took them to Israeli forces inside the Gaza Strip. Once the hostages were back in Israeli hands, the Israel Defense Forces made sure their coffins did not contain explosives or other dangerous substances before conducting a short ceremony honoring their lives.......The Israel Security Agency and the IDF released the following joint statement shortly after the ceremony was over:......"A short while ago, IDF and ISA forces brought the coffins of the four deceased hostages over the border into Israel, and they are being taken to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine to undergo an identification procedure. IDF representatives are accompanying their families at this difficult time."......After the ceremony, a convoy taking the bodies to the forensic institute in Tel Aviv was met with thousands of Israelis standing silently along the road in the rain, many of whom holding Israel's flag.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Israeli President Issac Herzog said in a statement "there are no words" to describe the transfer that took place......."Agony. Pain. There are no words. Our hearts — the hearts of an entire nation — lie in tatters," he wrote on X. "On behalf of the State of Israel, I bow my head and ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness for not protecting you on that terrible day. Forgiveness for not bringing you home safely. May their memory be a blessing."......This release is the first one involving the transfer of slain hostages since You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login went into effect last month.......The next transfer is scheduled to take place on Saturday where Hamas will release six living hostages.......About 70 hostages remain in Hamas custody. Nearly all the remaining hostages, including Israeli soldiers, are men and about half are believed to be dead....

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