{"id":242842,"date":"2025-02-20T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/hamas-handing-over-bodies-of-israeli-hostages-with-bibas-family-and-oded-lifshitz-expected-to-be-repatriated\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T07:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:33:02","slug":"hamas-handing-over-bodies-of-israeli-hostages-with-bibas-family-and-oded-lifshitz-expected-to-be-repatriated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/hamas-handing-over-bodies-of-israeli-hostages-with-bibas-family-and-oded-lifshitz-expected-to-be-repatriated\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas handing over bodies of Israeli hostages – with Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz expected to be repatriated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bodies of an Israeli mother and her two children are being handed over by Hamas this morning.<\/p>\n

Shiri Bibas, four-year-old Ariel and nine-month-old Kfir were kidnapped from a kibbutz during the October 2023 terror attack.<\/p>\n

The children’s father, Yarden Bibas, was released on 1 February<\/a><\/strong> as part of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.<\/p>\n

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Hamas<\/a><\/strong> leader Khalil al Hayya said the family would be among four bodies to be handed over.<\/p>\n

It also plans to release the body of peace activist Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted.<\/p>\n

Hamas has claimed they were all killed in Israeli airstrikes near the start of the war.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would be “a very difficult day for the state of Israel. An upsetting day, a day of grief”.<\/p>\n

The Bibas family has become a powerful symbol of the 251 Israelis kidnapped on 7 October – not least because Kfir was the youngest taken.<\/p>\n

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The bodies will be handed to the Red Cross in Khan Younis and later undergo DNA tests to verify their identity.<\/p>\n

Israel<\/a><\/strong> previously said it was extremely concerned about the condition of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir but has never confirmed their deaths.<\/p>\n

They were abducted at Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of a number of communities overrun by Hamas terrorists on the day of the surprise attack.<\/p>\n

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The family said this week their “journey is not over” until they receive confirmation of what happened to Shiri and the boys.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile six living hostages, the final due to be freed under the first phase of the Gaza<\/a><\/strong> truce deal, will also be released on Saturday, according to Hamas.<\/p>\n

Israelis who survived being kidnapped during the 7 October attack in 2023 have been released in small groups since the first six-week phase began last month.<\/p>\n

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Three more – Alexander Troufanov, Sagui Dekel Chen and Iair Horn – were freed last weekend.<\/p>\n

The swap included 369 Palestinians, the most released up until now, and 19 Israeli hostages have been returned so far in the current phase – which ends at the start of March.<\/p>\n

The deal has provided a vital pause in the fighting that’s devastated Gaza and left tens of thousands dead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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