Hamas Sends the Body of a Different Woman, Not the Mom of the Two Children Whose Corpses they released

It appears that Hamas, the terror group embedded in Gaza, has handed over the bodies of the two Bibas children, but not their mother, Shiri. The Bibas family had become a symbol of the hostage crisis following their abduction on October 7, 2023.

Yarden Bibas has now asked to let the world to know what happened to his baby boys in detail. They were strangled to death with bare hands, then had their bodies mutilated to fake a different cause of death. This was not done by Hamas, but other Gazans.

Shock and horror: Israeli Coordinator of captives Gal Hirsch says: "forensic evidence proves Kfir and Ariel Bibas were brutally murdered in captivity. The third body returned does not match that of their mother Shiri or any of the other hostages.

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Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, February 20, 2025, in Khan Younis, Gaza, as part of a ceasefire agreement. These were said to include Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, along with Oded Lifshitz, an unrelated 83 year old man.

"Available intelligence and forensic evidence from the identification process have led officials to determine that the two children were brutally murdered in captivity by terrorists in November 2023, just a month after their abduction. Kfir Bibas was murdered at 10 months old. Ariel was murdered at four years old." Jpost.com

As of February 20, 2025, the body of Shiri Bibas has not been returned to Israel, despite Hamas claiming it would release her remains along with those of her sons, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.

On Thursday, February 20, Hamas handed over four bodies as part of a ceasefire agreement, which were intended to include Shiri, her two children, and Oded Lifshitz. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that the bodies of Ariel (aged 4) and Kfir (aged 10 months at the time of their deaths) were identified, along with Lifshitz's, through forensic analysis at Israel's National Institute of Forensic Medicine. However, the fourth body, which Hamas presented as Shiri's, was determined not to be hers-or any other known Israeli hostage.

The IDF described this as an "anonymous, unidentified body," calling it a "violation of utmost severity" by Hamas, which was obligated under the agreement to return four specific deceased hostages.

The reason Shiri Bibas's body is missing remains unclear based on available information. Hamas has not commented on the IDF's findings, leaving several possibilities open to speculation.

One theory is that Hamas may have lost track of her remains during the conflict, given the chaos in Gaza and the group's handling of hostages. Another possibility is that Shiri is still alive and being held separately, though no evidence supports this as of now-her husband Yarden, released on February 1, 2025, was held apart from his family, and Hamas previously claimed in 2023 that Shiri and her children were killed in an Israeli airstrike, a claim Israel couldn't verify at the time.

Alternatively, Hamas might have deliberately substituted an unidentified body for strategic or propaganda purposes, though their exact motive is speculative without further statements. The IDF asserts that Ariel and Kfir were "brutally murdered" by terrorists in captivity in November 2023, based on intelligence and forensic evidence, but no specific details about Shiri's fate were provided beyond the demand for her return.

The discrepancy has fueled outrage in Israel, with the Bibas family's ordeal-beginning with their abduction from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023-continuing to symbolize the broader hostage crisis. Until Hamas provides clarity or Shiri's remains are located, her body's absence remains an unresolved and distressing mystery.