The Army of Israel has affirmed this Friday morning that has carried out the identification process of three of the bodies of the hostages delivered during the day by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which allegedly belonged to the same family, confirming The identity of the two minors, Ariel and Kfir, although he has assured that his mother’s does not coincide.
The Israel Defense Forces (FDI) have explained that the body that would allegedly correspond to Shiri Bibas was not hers, in addition to “have not found any coincidence with any other Israeli hostage. “It is an anonymous body without identification,” they have pointed out in a statement. “It is a very serious violation by Hamas, which is obliged by virtue of the agreement to return to four dead kidnapped. We demand that they return Shiri home and all our kidnapped,” says the note.
As for the children of Bibas, the little Ariel and Kfir, the evidence of the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Cooperation with the Israeli Police, has indicated that they have been identified and, according to the intelligence evaluation and autopsies, “were Brutally killed after his kidnapping in November 2023, “they have added the FDI.
Hamas announced Tuesday that he would deliver the bodies of Shiri Bibas and his two children, four years and nine months at the time of kidnapping. Oded Lifshitz, 83, was in the hands of Islamic jihad. His wife, Yocheved, also kidnapped on October 7, 2023, was released during the truce agreed in November of that year.
The Islamist group announced in November 2023 that Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas had died in an Israeli bombing against Gaza in the framework of the offensive and published a video of Yarden Bibas (husband and father of the children), also kidnapped and released February 1 in the framework of the exchanges agreement collected in Alto El Fuego and who blamed Netanyahu from his death, that the army Israeli blamed gives a campaign of “psychological terror.”
“If we had stopped the war, they would be alive”
A sepulchral silence flooded on Thursday the Plaza de los Haranes, in Tel Aviv, where thousands of desolate Israeli gave the last goodbye to four hostages kidnapped by Hamas whose bodies were delivered, hours before, in Gaza. Others, such as Israeli Gil Dickman, took advantage of the meeting to denounce the inaction of his government: “If we had stopped the war, if we had decided to stop the fighting to, first of all, rescue all our hostages, all of them would be alive today” , he has lamented.
Dickman knows the pain that the relatives of the four hostages are experiencing today. His premium Carmel Gat, 40, also died in Gaza at the end of August 2024, after spending more than 300 days of captivity. His body, along with that of five other captives, was found by the army in a tunnel in Rafah, in southern Gaza. “My cousin was killed during captivity. I know what it feels like. What seems incomprehensible to me is that we are going to live more days like today, ”says this young Israeli.
Hamas had already confirmed that, among the first 33 hostages of this first phase of high fire, there were eight dead. The identity of the deceased was unknown until this week, although it was feared for the lives of Bibas children, since in November 2023 the Islamist group claimed that they had died in an Israeli aerial bombardment.
“These people are no longer going to smile. My heart is broken. From my government I have many things to say, but today I prefer not to talk about politics,” said Lir Alter, a young 32 -year -old Israeli and who has volunteered with The relatives of the captives.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, promised this Thursday that “he will give account to the vile murderers” of these four hostages. Dickman, however, prefers to avoid talking about “revenge” and asks the Israeli government to guarantee the return of the 64 hostages that follow Hamas in the strip. “The lesson is that we cannot leave any behind and that we do not want revenge. We simply want everyone to come back immediately,” he added.
A point of view by Ran, Israeli, 40, who hopes that the Netyahu executive will not resume war, in a devastated gaza with more than 48,000 dead Palestinians – the majority women and children – and tons of rubble. “In my opinion, returning to war would be a serious mistake. It is much more important for all hostages to return home. Then, what they want to do with Hamas already does not matter. Netanyahu for me has been the worst prime minister that we have Having and just wants to stay in power, “he explains.
