{"id":244114,"date":"2025-02-21T22:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/hamas-says-it-has-returned-another-body-it-believes-is-shiri-bibas\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T22:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:46:04","slug":"hamas-says-it-has-returned-another-body-it-believes-is-shiri-bibas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/hamas-says-it-has-returned-another-body-it-believes-is-shiri-bibas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas Says It Has Returned Another Body It Believes Is Shiri Bibas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/21\/multimedia\/21ISRAEL-HAMAS-BODY\/21israel-bibas-wwk-01-cktp-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hamas Says It Has Returned Another Body It Believes Is Shiri Bibas\" title=\"Hamas Says It Has Returned Another Body It Believes Is Shiri Bibas\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">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 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/20\/world\/middleeast\/bibas-hostages-israel.html\" title=\"\">became a symbol<\/a> of the country\u2019s anguish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Bibas\u2019s remains were initially believed to have to been repatriated to Israel on Thursday, with those of her two children, as part of a negotiated exchange for Palestinian prisoners. With a DNA test, Israeli officials then determined the body was that of another person and not Ms. Bibas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The International Committee of the Red Cross did not immediately comment on whether it had played a role in retrieving remains on Friday. The Israeli military said that news reports of the repatriation were under review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mousa Abu Marzouk, head of Hamas\u2019s foreign relations office, said in a text message that the body returned on Friday was believed to be that of Ms. Bibas. Another Hamas official, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive arrangement, confirmed the handoff and similarly said it was Hamas\u2019s understanding that they had turned over the right body this time.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A third Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi told the television network Al Araby TV that Hamas had turned over remains of Ms. Bibas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not immediately clear that Hamas had handed over the correct body on Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Friday\u2019s statements, less than 24 hours after Hamas provided Israel with the wrong remains, were the latest development in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-hamas-bibas-hostages.html\" title=\"\">a series of crises<\/a> that have made up the first phase of a cease-fire with Hamas. So far, 19 living Israeli hostages have been traded for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite recriminations from both sides, the cease-fire has held for a month. And Hamas\u2019s rapid effort to find and return the body of Ms. Bibas was a sign that it did not want to bear responsibility for endangering the agreement ahead of the next transfer, planned for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Hamas said it had handed over the remains of four hostages: Ms. Bibas, who at the time of her capture was 32; her two children, Ariel, then 4, and Kfir Bibas, then 9 months; and Oded Lifshitz, 83. The handoff was staged in front of crowds in Khan Younis, and each casket bore a photo of a hostage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli officials brought the remains to a forensic institute in Tel Aviv, where the identities of Ariel, Kfir and Mr. Lifshitz were confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But early on Friday, Israel said that one of the bodies Hamas handed over was not that of Ms. Bibas. The Israeli military called the finding a \u201cviolation of the utmost severity\u201d of the cease-fire. In a statement, Hamas acknowledged the possibility of a mistake or a \u201cmixing up of corpses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The first phase of the cease-fire deal is set to expire in less than two weeks, and Israel and Hamas have yet to agree on terms to extend the agreement into the next phase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-israel-shiri-bibas.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s anguish. 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