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Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

Shiri’s two sons, Ariel and Kfir, have been identified among the dead, with Israeli officials saying they were murdered by Hamas terrorists using their ‘bare hands’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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The UK Foreign Office has called on Hamas to immediately return Shiri Bibas to Israel (Image: Flash90)

(From left) Oran, his father Moshik, and his little brother Tomer. Moshik, Tomer, Almog's cousin Assaf, and his grandparents Ze'evik and Ruthie were killed in a 2003 terrorist attack. (Courtesy of Oran Almog)

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‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Poster bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R) (Picture: Getty)

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Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

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Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

By Ellie Grant

4 min read

Kfir Bibas was just nine months old when he was abducted (Image: Getty)

By Rosa Doherty

If the bodies of babies can’t make the world care about Jewish lives, nothing can

3 min read

The nine-month-old was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his parents and brother during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (Picture: Getty)

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IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Stop the Hate UK

Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside Parliament

By Daniel Ben-David

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By Nicole Lampert

So, world, what do you think of your ‘resistance fighters’ now?

The sick handover of a dead family in Gaza today should have caused global uproar

3 min read

February 20, 2025 17:06

Terrorists at the site of the handover of hostage bodies including those of the Bibas family (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

British-linked peace activist Oded Lifshitz identified among deceased hostages returned to Israel

Authorities are still working to confirm the identity of the other three bodies, though they are believed to be those of the Bibas children and their mother

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

February 20, 2025 10:10

The IDF has marked the return of the bodies of four hostages, believed to be the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, in a military ceremony (Image: IDF)

Who was Oded Lifschitz? Retired journalist and activist for Palestinian rights

Lifshitz was one of the oldest hostages taken and previously volunteered driving Palestinians to Israeli hospitals

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 20, 2025 09:27

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Ariel and Kfir were the youngest hostages taken in Gaza on October 7 and their bodies will be returned to Israel by Hamas tomorrow

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 19, 2025 19:48

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Bodies of Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas will be handed over on Thursday, Israel confirms

‘Our hearts are with the grieving families’, the prime minister’s office said

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 19, 2025 18:50

Hamas has reportedly confirmed that the Bibas children will be among the deceased hostages returned to Israel this week (Image: Getty)

Hamas says it will free all remaining hostages in single swap in phase two of ceasefire deal

The terror group is reportedly demanding a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and permanent ceasefire in return

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

February 19, 2025 15:53

Posters of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Kfir and Ariel, plastered outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square". (Getty Images)

JNF UK welcomes home freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen

‘I can’t find the words to describe what it felt like to hug him again’

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

February 19, 2025 07:45

Sagui with young volunteers at a JNF UK project before he was taken hostage (Photo: JNF UK)

Hamas claims Bibas children’s bodies will be among four returned this week

The two boys were the youngest hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and were aged just four and nine months at the time

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

February 18, 2025 14:08

Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

The families of those still held in Gaza have called on the Israeli government to continue negotiations until all hostages are freed, despite pressure within the government to back out of the ceasefire

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

February 18, 2025 10:36

Former hostage Iair Horn has suggested that those still held in Gaza 'do not have any more time' in an emotional address (Image: Flash90)

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hostages

Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

If the bodies of babies can’t make the world care about Jewish lives, nothing can

IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside Parliament

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