Coverage dated February 18, 2025 to February 21, 2025
Shiri Bibas' family says her remains have been returned
Headline from CBS News, on the newest of 2 developments
The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was said to have been returned earlier this week, but Israeli forces said it was the body of an unidentified Gazan woman.
CBS News's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
Militants on Thursday handed over the bodies of four hostages taken into Gaza during their October 2023 attack, with Hamas saying they include the Bibas family -- symbols of Israel's ordeal since the Gaza war began.
By Mick Krever, Ivana Kottasová, Lucas Lilieholm and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza — the first time the group has released deceased captives since October 7, 2023.
JERUSALEM >> Hamas handed over the bodies today of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the nation was grieving the deaths of the hostages — including Kfir Bibas, who was kidnapped when he was just 9 months old — with the premier warning Hamas that retribution is coming.
Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli hostages Thursday morning, including the youngest captive: nine-month-old Kfir Bibas, his brother Ariel, 4, and their mother, Shiri.
Among the remains handed over were those of infant Kfir Bibas, who was 9 months old when he was kidnapped, and his 4-year-old brother, Ariel Bibas — and their mother, Shiri Bibas
Hamas has turned over the bodies of four slain hostages – Shiri Bibas, her sons Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz – more than 500 days after the terrorist group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel.
The Palestinian armed group said it had handed over the remains of Shiri Bibas along with her two young children and another man. Israel said forensic testing found that it wasn’t her.
Hamas terrorists viciously murdered the Bibas family's two small children, nine-month-old Kfir and four-year-old Ariel, just weeks after taking the children hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel announced on Friday.
Hamas terrorists brutally murdered Israeli brothers Ariel and Kfir Bibas with their bare hands, Israel declared Friday -- despite the terrorist group long-claiming the youngsters were killed in a targeted airstrike carried out by the Jewish state.
The purported body of dead hostage Shiri Bibas — which is reportedly now with the Red Cross — will be handed over to Israel Friday, a day after Hamas failed to deliver the correct remains along with the bodies of her young murdered sons.
Israeli officials revealed hostage Shiri Bibas’ remains were not in any of the four caskets released by Hamas early Thursday in a “serious violation” by the terrorist group.
By Tamar Michaelis and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israel says it has identified two of the dead bodies returned by Hamas on Thursday as Ariel and Kfir Bibas – but tests show another body that was expected to be that of their mother Shiri is not hers – and does not match any other
CNN By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was not among the four returned by Hamas from Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s military has said, accusing the Palestinian militant group of a “violation of utmost severity” of the precarious ceas…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure "Hamas pays the full price" for failing to hand over hostage Shiri Bibas after
Showing the first 25 of 53 headlines. ·
Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.
Shiri Bibas' family says her remains have been returned | Since Then
