Hamas released on Thursday (20) the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children, who were long considered dead and became the example of the nation’s agony after the October 7, 2023 attack .
The remains are by Shiri Bibas and his two sons, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 years old when he was kidnapped. Kfir, who was 9 months old when he was taken, was the youngest hostage. Hamas said all four were killed in Israeli air strikes.
“Our hearts – the hearts of an entire nation – are in crash,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog in a statement. “In the name of the state of Israel, I curve my head and ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness for not protecting you on that terrible day. Forgiveness for not bringing them home safely. ”
During the delivery, members of the group exhibited four black coffins on a stage in the lanes surrounded by lanes, including a representation of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as a vampire.
Thousands of people, including a large number of armed masked, watched while the coffins were loaded with red -cross vehicles before they were taken to Israeli forces.
The Israeli channels did not transmit the delivery. At Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, where the Israelis gathered to watch the release of living hostages, a large screen showed a compilation of photos and videos of Lifshitz and the family.
Now the bodies will be sent to a formal identification laboratory using DNA, a process that can take up to two days. Only then will families receive the final notification.
