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Who kidnaps a little boy and a baby and murders them? Monsters. That's who,
Netanyahu said
The hostages must be released,
he addedThere are voices about totally destroying Gaza and all this. For me, it's not only inappropriate, it's immoral,
he saidWe confirm that it is not in our values or our interest to keep any bodies or not to abide by the covenants and agreements that we sign on,
Naim said
Here, we would like to remind the world that we received thousands of bodies from the Zionist enemy in blue bags without any identification on them and without any respect for their humanity, ... and we did not hear any condemnation of these crimes from international officials and the official western media did not care about Palestinian human rights."
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It's horrific. It's a clear violation. And if I have one piece of advice for Hamas now, it's not only do you need to release [Shiri's] body immediately, but we have the bodies of four Americans that are still there and we have one American, Edan Alexander, ... he needs to come home. And if I were them, I'd release everybody, or they are going to face total annihilation right now."
U.S. envoy for hostages Adam Boehler during an interview with CNN on Friday
Contrary to Hamas's lies, Ariel and Kfir were not killed in an airstrike,
IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement issued FridayIn the midst of the Zionist genocide that led to the killing of thousands of innocent Palestinian children and women, and the destruction of the Gaza Strip and all aspects of life in it, some unfortunate mistakes may occur especially since the Zionist bombing resulted in corpses of Israeli prisoners mixing with corpses of Palestinians, thousands of whom are still under the rubble,
Hamas spokesperson and Political Bureau member Basem Naim said in a statement shared with NewsweekAfterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities,
the IDF continuedWe've been very adamant throughout this whole process that we're committed to the agreement, but when they violate it, we will not accept it."
He said
Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by terrorists in cold blood. The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys—they killed them with their bare hands. Afterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities.”
Daniel Hagari said
We reject Netanyahu’s threats, which serve only to manipulate Israeli public opinion,
it said in a statement, calling on mediators to ensure the continued implementation of the ceasefire
Their father, [the recently released hostage] Yarden Bibas, looked me in the eyes and asked that the whole world know and be shocked by the way they murdered his children,
the military army spokesperson R Adm Daniel Hagari said in a video addressIt was Israel’s responsibility and obligation to bring them back alive,
said Shiri’s sister-in-law, Ofri Bibas, in a statement released on behalf of the family through the Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families ForumTheir cruelty only emphasises the urgent need to bring Shiri back to us, save the lives of the living hostages and return all the fallen for burial,
she saidWe have no interest in retaining any bodies. We have demonstrated full compliance with the agreement in recent days and remain committed to all its terms."
Hamas, in a statementI created a defense mechanism for myself: Because I cannot live with uncertainty anymore, I live with the knowledge that Shiri and the kids are dead,
she told Ynet in SeptemberWe waited for certainty, but it brings no comfort — only profound grief,
Ofri Bibas Levy, the boys' aunt, saidWe have no interest in retaining any bodies,
Hamas said in a statementMy light is still there, and as long as they’re there, everything here is dark.”
Following his release, he wrote