Hamas “continues to violate every basic moral value,” Danon said, noting that the terror organization “returned an unidentified body, as if it were a worthless shipment.”
“This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel,” he added.
Danon said that the UN secretary-general, Security Council and General Assembly “cannot continue to remain silent in the face of Hamas’s barbarity.”
“The State of Israel demands a clear and unequivocal condemnation of this heinous crime and a clear and an immediate demand for the return of Shiri to her family,” he stated. “History will remember well who stood by and remained silent while Hamas trampled on the most basic principles of humanity.”
The Jewish Federations of North America stated that it is “appalled, outraged and disgusted by Hamas’s cruel and deceitful psychological warfare against the Bibas family, the State of Israel and the Jewish people.”
“Not only did these terrorists kidnap Kfir and Ariel Bibas, two young children—aged just nine months and four years—but forensic evidence shows that they brutally murdered them roughly a month into their captivity,” the Federation stated. “Further, they lied about returning the body of their mother, Shiri, adding to the immense pain of the family. In case it was not yet clear to anyone, Hamas cannot be allowed to remain in power.”
AIPAC said that Hamas was guilty of “unfathomable evil.”
