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The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) has accused Hamas of a “very critical violation” of the phrases of the hostage handover, saying the physique of Shiri Bibas was not among the many our bodies acquired on Thursday.
It mentioned in a press release: “In the course of the identification course of, it was discovered that the extra physique acquired was not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was discovered for every other abductee.” The our bodies of her kids, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who have been 4 years and 9 months outdated respectively, had been recognized, the IDF mentioned.
The army has demanded that the physique of Shiri Bibas be returned dwelling together with all different hostages. It didn’t specify a timeframe.
Bibas and her kids – who Hamas claims have been killed in an Israeli airstrike within the early days of the struggle – grew to become an indelible image of the assault of seven October 2023. Shiri Bibas’s dad and mom have been killed within the Hamas offensive, and her husband, Yarden, was taken captive and launched earlier this month.
In the meantime, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz mentioned he had ordered the army to step up its offensives throughout the occupied West Financial institution after a collection of bomb blasts involving buses rocked central Israel on Thursday.
“In gentle of the intense tried assaults within the Gush Dan [central] space by Palestinian terrorist organisations in opposition to the civilian inhabitants in Israel, I’ve instructed the IDF to accentuate operations to thwart terrorism within the Tulkarem refugee camp and in all of the refugee camps in Judea and Samaria” Katz mentioned in a press release, utilizing the biblical time period for the West Financial institution. There have been no quick experiences of accidents within the blasts.
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