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There is no forgiveness for abandoning them on October 7, and no forgiveness for abandoning them in captivity,
Ofri Bibas said
Who kidnaps a little boy and a baby and murders them? Monsters. That's who,
Netanyahu saidThe 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 saidIf I were them, I'd release everybody, or they are going to face total annihilation,
he told CNN
We'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 saidWas baby Kfir learning to walk? Did he begin to speak? Could Ariel play with toys, or was childhood stolen from him entirely?”
As The Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief, Zvika Klein, publicly asked
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, we did not receive an apology from you in this painful moment,
Ofri Bibas Levy said in a video statement released Friday by a group representing the families of hostages
We reject Netanyahu’s threats, which serve only to manipulate Israeli public opinion,
Hamas said, calling on mediators to ensure the continued implementation of the ceasefireThe cruelty of the Hamas monsters knows no bounds,
Netanyahu said in a video statement
Not only did they kidnap the father, Yarden Bibas, but the young mother, Shiri, and their two small babies. But in an unspeakably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri alongside her young children, the little angels, and they put the body of a Gazan woman in the coffin,
he addedFollowing the completion of the identification process by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in collaboration with the Israel Police, IDF representatives informed the Bibas family that their loved ones, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, have been identified
In a statement the IDF said
On behalf of the State of Israel, I bow my head and ask for forgiveness,
Herzog said
We have informed the mediators that Hamas is ready to release all hostages in one batch during the second phase of the agreement, rather than in stages as in the current first phase,
senior Hamas official Taher al-Nunu told the news agencyThis is a violation of utmost severity by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is obliged under the agreement to return four deceased hostages,
the military said in a statementHamas returned an unidentified body, as if it were a worthless shipment. This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel,
Danon said in a statementMy brothers and sisters, dear citizens of Israel, on this day we are all united, in grief that is too heavy to bear
Mr Netanyahu himself said yesterdayWe 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."
He added in a video statement
We stand here together, with a broken heart, the sky is also crying with us and we pray to see better days,
said one woman, who gave her name only as Efrat
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Agony. Pain. There are no words. Our hearts — the hearts of an entire nation — lie in tatters,
said President Isaac Herzog