Hamas says it has handed over a physique to the Purple Cross which it claims is that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas.
It comes after Israel mentioned forensic testing confirmed a physique handed over on Thursday – mentioned by Hamas to be Shiri Bibas – was not that of the Israeli mom however a special unidentified lady.
Israeli medical authorities mentioned they had been getting ready to conduct an identification check on the physique.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it was in touch with the Bibas household.
A senior Hamas official confirmed to the BBC the handover of the brand new physique had taken place on Friday night.
Israel earlier accused Hamas of breaking the phrases of the ceasefire deal after forensic testing confirmed the stays of Shiri Bibas had not been handed again on Thursday.
Her sons Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been returned to Israel, as was the physique of one other hostage, Oded Lifschitz.
Hamas claimed the kids and their mom had been killed by Israeli bombing, with out offering proof.
In a publish on X on Friday, Hamas spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta mentioned Shiri’s stays appeared to have been blended up with different our bodies beneath rubble after the air strike.
Israel has disputed the claim that Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been killed in an airstrike, with Israel Protection Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari telling a press convention “forensic findings”, which haven’t been seen by the BBC, advised the boys had been killed “intentionally”.
He mentioned proof had been shared with Israel’s “companions all over the world to allow them to confirm it”.
Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been aged 32, 4 and 9 months once they had been kidnapped in the course of the Hamas assaults on Israel on 7 October 2023.
They had been taken hostage together with the kids’s father Yarden Bibas, 34, who was launched alive by Hamas on 1 February.
Within the Hamas assaults of seven October 2023, about 1,200 individuals – principally civilians – had been killed and 251 others taken again to Gaza as hostages.
In response, Israel launched an enormous navy marketing campaign in opposition to Hamas which has killed at the least 48,319 Palestinians – primarily civilians – in line with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
