Fox News: Remains of young mom Shiri Bibas, taken hostage and killed by Hamas, not returned despite promise, Israel says

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Remains of young mom Shiri Bibas, taken hostage and killed by Hamas, not returned despite promise, Israel says

The mother of a woman abducted with her two children and husband was not among the slain hostages returned to Israel by Hamas on Thursday, Israel said....                        ...                        ...                            ...The mother of two young boys murdered by Hamas terrorists while in captivity was not among the bodies returned to Israel on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. ......Before the return of the remains of the four slain hostages, Hamas said the bodies would include Shiri Bibas and her two toddlers, Ariel and Kfir, ages 4 and 10 months, as well as Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist and activist. However, Israel's National You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login could only determine the identity of two of the bodies, the young boys. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"During the identification process, it was determined that the additional body received is not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was found for any other hostage," the IDF said. "This is an anonymous, unidentified body."......"According to the assessment of professional officials, based on the intelligence available to us and forensic findings from the identification process, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login were brutally murdered by terrorists in captivity in November 2023," authorities said. ......The family became symbols of the ordeal that has gripped Israel since the war in Gaza began. ......"We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Bibas family during this incredibly difficult time and remain committed to doing everything possible to ensure Shiri and all the hostages are brought home at the earliest opportunity," the IDF said. ......It called the deaths a "violation of utmost severity" by Hamas, while also demanding the terror group return the body of Shiri Bibas and all other hostages being held captive. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login issued a statement on Friday addressing Hamas' "cruel and evil violation of the agreement."......"The cruelty of the Hamas monsters knows no bounds. Not only did they kidnap father Yarden Bibas, young mother Shiri, and their two young babies. In an indescribably cynical way, they did not return Shiri to the side of her little children, the little angels, and they put the body of a Gazan woman in the coffin," Netanyahu said, in part.......Netanyahu said Israel will "act resolutely" to bring Shiri home, along with all hostages – living and dead – still in Gaza, adding that Hamas will pay "the full price" for not following through with returning the young mother's body.......He concluded his statement by saying "God will save their blood, and we will take revenge too."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, said Hamas continues to "violate every basic moral value," even after the death of the boys. ......"Instead of returning Shiri, the mother of Kfir and Ariel, Hamas returned an unidentified body, as if it were a worthless shipment," he wrote on X. "This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel."......He further said that UN Secretary-General António Guterres, UN the Security Council and the General Assembly continue to remain silent in the face of Hamas' "barbarity" and demanded Hamas to return the body of Shiri Bibas. ......"History will remember well who stood by and remained silent while Hamas trampled on the most basic principles of humanity," Danon wrote.......The young boys and their mother were abducted in their home by Hamas terrorists during the terror group's deadly You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Yarden Bibas, Ariel and Kfir's father, tried to protect them and was abducted prior to the kidnapping of his wife and children, the IDF said.......Yarden returned as part of the agreement for the return of the hostages on Feb. 1. ......Thursday's 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.......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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