35 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says body of Shiri Bibas returned as Hamas releases more hostages

Hamas has released two hostages so far today, with another four to come laterA masked militant has sat down at a table on the stage with a Red Cross representative and they appear to be signing documents.Live images from Rafah are showing masked Hamas fighters taking to the makeshift stage, with one speaking into a microphone. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas returned after Hamas release her remains

Ms Bibas was kidnapped with her sons from Niz Or kibbutz during Hamas's terror attack in October 2023

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61 h. ago Israel claims Hamas handed over unidentified body instead of missing mother Shiri Bibas

The Israeli military said Hamas’s actions amounted to a ‘violation of utmost severity’

Politics

62 h. ago Middle East latest: Netanyahu says body Hamas released was that of a Gazan woman, not a hostage

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a Gazan woman instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday

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4 d. ago Fears of ‘propaganda exercise’ as hostage body to be released, lawyers say

Islamic Jihad says it will release body of UK-linked hostage Oded Lifshitz on Thursday.

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5 d. ago Hamas claims youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas and his brother and mother are all dead leaving family 'in turmoil'

The fate of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, has reflected the feeling of helplessness as dozens of hostages remain in Gaza after Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack.

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5 d. ago Hamas says it will release the body of Israel's youngest hostage Kfir Bibas and the remains of his brother and mother as well as six living captives under first phase of Gaza ceasefire

The fate of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, has reflected the feeling of helplessness as dozens of hostages remain in Gaza after Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack.

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