The people of Israel embraced them on their final journey, turning out in multitudes along the funeral route for a family that had become emblematic of the country’s trauma after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were kidnapped during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, taken…
Hamas released six Israeli hostages from Gaza on Saturday, delivering the last living captives set to be freed in the first phase of a fragile cease-fire. That truce was already jolted this week when the militant group initially returned remains purportedly of an Israeli hostage that testing revealed to be someone else. Early Sunday, Israel…
Download App NewsWorldIsraeli hostage Shiri Bibas’s family confirm new body returned by Hamas is hers Family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas confirms new body handed over by Hamas is hers Advertisement UPDATED: Feb 22, 2025 12:38 IST The body handed over to Israel by Palestinian terror outfit Hamas on Friday has been confirmed to be…
Hamas on Friday said it had turned over to the Red Cross the body of a woman that Hamas officials believe belonged to Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose capture with her two young sons during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack became a symbol of the country’s anguish. Ms. Bibas’s remains were initially believed to…