Hamas publishes body of murdered Israelis: Shiri Bibas, her sons and Od -Lofshitz

Hamas turned the corpses of four murdered Israeli hostages over 500 days after the terrorist group more than 500 days after the terrorist group’s attack in Israel.

Hamas said the corpses would include Shiri Bibas and her two toddlers Ariel and Kfir as well as Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist and activist. Your identities are confirmed in Israel, which could take up to 48 hours.

At the time of her kidnapping, Shiri was 32 years old, Ariel 4 years old and Kfir 9 months old. Her father Yardgen was also kidnapped by Hamas, but survived and was released on February 1st.

Lifshitz, a retired journalist and activist, was 83 years old when he and his then 85-year-old wife Yocheved were kidnapped by her house. It was released on October 23, 2023.

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LR: Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Ariel Bibas and Oded Lifshitz. (Geiselfamilienforum about AP)

The transfer took place on Thursday at around 9 a.m. in front of a large amount near Khan Younis at 9 a.m. According to reports, the crowd cheered when the Hamas arrived in four separate cars with four black coffins.

“When the corpses of four Israeli hostages are transferred from Hamas to the Red Cross, hundreds of ‘innocent Gazan’ dance to music and film this tragic event happy,” wrote Israel’s government office to X. ” how we feel that.

The Palestinians and Hamas members gather to observe the transfer of the corpses of four Israeli hostages in southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

The coffins were later transferred to a car of the Red Cross, which led to Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip. As soon as the hostages were back in Israeli hands, the Israeli defense forces provided that their coffins contained neither explosives nor other dangerous substances before performing a short ceremony in honor of their lives.

The Israel Security Authority and the IDF published the following joint explanation shortly after the ceremony has expired:

“Recently IDF and ISA forces brought the coffins of the four deceased hostages across the border to Israel and they are brought to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine to undergo an identification process. IDF representatives accompany their families with them. difficult time. “

After the ceremony, a convoy that brought the corpses to the Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv came up with thousands of Israelis in the rain, many of which held the flag of Israel.

Many Israelis lined the street to which the convoy traveled to show respect for the hostages killed when their bodies were brought to the Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv. (Israeli police)

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The Israeli President Issac Herzog said in a statement “There are no words” to describe the transfer that took place.

“Qual. Pain. There are no words. Our hearts – the hearts of an entire nation – lie in ruins,” he wrote in X. “In the name of the state of Israel, I banished my head and request forgiveness for forgiveness for this Do not protect terrible day.

The members of the Hamas carry a coffin on the stage in southern Gaza before transferring the body to Israel. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

This publication is the first to have the transmission of murdered hostages since the ceasefire in the last month.

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The next broadcast is scheduled to take place on Saturday, where Hamas will publish six living hostages.

About 70 hostages remain in Hamas. Almost all remaining hostages, including Israeli soldiers, are men and about half are considered dead.