Israeli army said the remains of two child captives were identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother or any other captive.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of committing a “cruel and evil” violation of the Gaza ceasefire deal as he claimed that one of the bodies returned on Thursday was not of the female captive Shiri Bibas.
Earlier, the Israeli army said the remains of two child captives were identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother or any other captive.
Hamas handed over the bodies of four people who were taken captive during its October 2023 attack on southern Israel, under the ceasefire agreement that has paused more than 15 months of war.
The remains of Ariel and Kfir Bibas were identified by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and Israel Police afterwards, but the army said early on Friday that the third body was not that of their mother Shiri Bibas or any other captive.
The fourth body was that of Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was taken captive.
“We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all our hostages,” the army said.
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Later on Friday, Netanyahu issued a threat to Hamas, saying, “We will act with determination to bring Shiri home along with all our hostages – both living and dead – and ensure Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement.”
There has been no comment from Hamas yet on Israeli claims. The P …