‘Hamas Executed a Mother and Her Two Children in Cold Blood’: Bibas Family Bodies Reportedly Included in Upcoming Hostage Release
FDD | Feb 19, 2025
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- Bibas Family Said to Be Among Hostage Remains: Hamas will release the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages on February 20 and six living hostages two days later, the Iran-backed terrorist group said on February 18. A spokesperson for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said that the families of all those scheduled for release had been notified. Israel has not yet named the four dead hostages slated for release, although one of them – 83-year-old Shlomo Mantzur – has already been declared dead, having been murdered during the Hamas mass atrocities of October 7, 2023. Hamas said that the bodies of hostage Shiri Bibas,33, and her two young children, five-year-old Ariel and two-year-old Kfir, would also be released, three weeks after their father Yarden, 35, was freed by the terrorist group. Israel has not yet confirmed that the remaining Bibas family members – who became emblematic of the plight of the hostages in Hamas captivity – are no longer alive. In a statement on X, the Republican majority on the House Foreign Affairs Committee remarked, “Hamas executed a mother and her two children in cold blood. This is barbarism. Israel has every right to finish the job and eradicate these terrorists from the face of the earth.”
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