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Family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says new returned body is hers
The family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says a body handed over by Hamas on Friday is hers. “Our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned home,” the family said in a statement. Israel’s forensic officials who have been examining the body are yet to confirm the identification. Remains handed over by Hamas…
Hamas Says It Has Returned Another Body It Believes Is Shiri Bibas
Middle East Tensions Less than 24 hours after Israel found that remains delivered by Hamas did not belong to Ms. Bibas, a slain Israeli hostage, the militant group said it had returned another body. By Talya Minsberg and Adam Rasgon Hamas on Friday said it had turned over to the Red Cross the body of…
Fate of Bibas Family Renews Fears for Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire
Middle East Tensions News Analysis Hamas said it had returned the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two sons. The Israeli military announced that the boys were murdered in Gaza and that Ms. Bibas’s body was that of someone else. By Patrick Kingsley Reporting from Jerusalem For 16 months, the smiling faces of Shiri Bibas…