The household of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says a physique handed over by Hamas on Friday is hers.
“Our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned house,” the household stated in an announcement. Israel’s forensic officers who’ve been analyzing the physique are but to substantiate the identification.
Stays handed over by Hamas on Thursday which it stated have been these of Shiri Bibas turned out to be an unidentified girl, Israel stated.
It comes as six dwelling hostages are handed over by Hamas on Saturday as a part of a ceasefire deal. Greater than 600 Palestinian prisoners can be freed by Israel in change.
The Bibas household stated: “For 16 months, we sought certainty, and now that we have now it, there is no such thing as a consolation in it, however we hope for the start of a closure.”
Hamas beforehand stated the mom and her two kids have been killed in an Israeli air strike.
Earlier, a senior Hamas official confirmed to the NUZTO that the handover of the brand new physique from Hamas to the Pink Cross had taken place on Friday night.
Israel had accused Hamas of breaking the phrases of the ceasefire deal after forensic testing confirmed the stays handed over on Thursday weren’t that of Shiri Bibas.
The our bodies of her sons, Ariel and Kfir, have been returned to Israel, as was that of one other hostage, Oded Lifschitz.
Hamas spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta stated in a publish on X on Friday that Shiri’s stays appeared to have been combined up with different our bodies underneath rubble after the air strike.
Israel has disputed the declare that Ariel and Kfir Bibas have been killed in an airstrike, with Israel Protection Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari telling a press convention “forensic findings”, which haven’t been seen by the NUZTO, steered the boys had been killed “intentionally”.
He stated proof had been shared with “companions around the globe to allow them to confirm it”.
Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas have been aged 32, 4 and 9 months respectively after they have been kidnapped in the course of the Hamas assaults on Israel on 7 October 2023.
They have been taken hostage together with the youngsters’s father, Yarden Bibas, 34, who was launched alive by Hamas on 1 February.
Underneath the primary section of a ceasefire deal, which started on 19 January and lasts for 42 days, Hamas agreed handy over 33 hostages in return for Israel releasing 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
On Saturday, the armed group launched Eliya Cohen, 27, Omer Shem Tov, 22, Tal Shohan, 40, and 23-year-old Omer Wenkert – all of whom have been taken in the course of the 7 October assaults.
Ethiopian-Israeli Avera Mengitsu, who was captured by Hamas in 2014, was additionally launched. Hisham al-Sayed, a Bedouin Arab-Israeli held in Gaza since 2015, can be handed over individually. Israel is because of free 602 Palestinian prisoners.
In subsequent phases of the settlement, Hamas will launch the remaining dwelling hostages from Gaza and return the our bodies of useless hostages. Israel has pledged to launch extra Palestinian prisoners.
Within the 7 October assaults, about 1,200 individuals – largely civilians – have been killed and 251 others taken again to Gaza as hostages.
In response, Israel launched a large navy marketing campaign towards Hamas which has killed a minimum of 48,319 Palestinians – primarily civilians – based on the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry.
