Israel Protection Forces have flagged a “very critical violation” by Hamas, alleging that one of many 4 our bodies returned to Tel Aviv by the militant group on Thursday doesn’t belong to a hostage.
As a part of a ceasefire deal brokered between Israel and Hamas that noticed mass dying and devastation, the newest spherical of deceased hostages was returned on Thursday.
69 extra hostages nonetheless stay in Gaza.
The 4 our bodies included journalist and peace activist Oded Lifshitz, Shiti Bibas, and her two youngsters, Ariel and Kfir.
After conducting forensic evaluation, the IDF alleged that Shiri Bibas’ physique was not there, nor might the unidentified physique be matched with one other hostage.
In a press release, the IDF mentioned, “It’s an nameless physique with out identification.”
“This can be a very critical violation by the Hamas terrorist group, which is required by the settlement to return 4 lifeless abductees. We demand that Hamas return Shiri dwelling together with all of our abductees,” they mentioned.
Hamas didn’t reply to the IDF’s allegations.
As mentioned, the our bodies have been handed over to Pink Cross officers in black coffins throughout a ceremony in Khan Younis in Gaza on Thursday.
A Hamas official and a Pink Cross official signed paperwork onstage to finish the handover. The coffins, too, have been introduced on the stage.
The banner on the stage learn “The Return of Struggle= The Return of Your Prisoners in Coffins” in each Arabic and English.
Through the launch, Hamas issued a press release, saying, “To the households of Bibas and Lifshitz: We might have most well-liked your sons to return to you alive, however your military and authorities leaders selected to kill them as a substitute of bringing them again.”
“They killed with them: 17,881 Palestinian youngsters, of their prison bombardment of the Gaza Strip, and we all know that you realize who is actually liable for their departure,” they mentioned. “You have been the sufferer of a management that doesn’t care about its youngsters.”
The IDF-held ceremony was carried out within the buffer zone occupied by IDF forces in Gaza earlier than they have been introduced into Israel, ABC reported.
Forensic evaluation was carried out in Israel’s Nationwide Heart of Forensic Medication within the Abu Kabir neighborhood in Tel Aviv.
In a press release, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned, “The households of the abductees have been knowledgeable and our hearts exit to them at this tough time.”
“The general public is requested to respect the households’ privateness and chorus from spreading rumors and knowledge that isn’t official and well-founded,” the assertion learn.
At 8.5 months, Kfir Bibas was the youngest of the 251 hostages taken captive by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023.
Ariel was 4 when he died, the IDF mentioned, with each youngsters killed in captivity.
Their father, Yarden, was kidnapped and freed earlier this month, the IDF mentioned,
Lifshitz’s spouse, Yocheved, was one of many first few hostages launched in November 2023.
Six extra hostages are scheduled to be launched on Saturday and 4 extra our bodies will probably be returned to Israel subsequent week.
These scheduled to be launched on Saturday are Eliya Cohen, 27; Tal Shoham, 40; Omer Shem Tov, 22; Omer Wenkrat, 23; Hisham Al-Sayed, 36; and Avera Mengistu, 39, Israeli officers mentioned.
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