Late Twist Adds to Bibas Family Agony as Body Returned Is Not of Mother; IDF Calls It a ‘Violation of Utmost Severity’

The bodies of Shira Bibas’s children, Kfir, who was 9 months old when kidnapped, and Ariel, aged 4, are identified during an examination.

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BENNY AVNI

Published: Feb 20, 2025, 07:28 PM ET
Updated:Feb 20, 2025, 08:35 PM ET

In a cruel twist to Thursday’s macabre handover of dead Hamas hostages, the terrorist organization has delivered to Israel the body of an unidentified person while contending it was that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two toddlers who was kidnapped along with the children on October 7, 2023.

Late Twist Adds to Bibas Family Agony as Body Returned Is Not of Mother; IDF Calls It a ‘Violation of Utmost Severity’

Late Twist Adds to Bibas Family Agony as Body Returned Is Not of Mother; IDF Calls It a ‘Violation of Utmost Severity’

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