The official identity has returned the remains of two of the four bodies to Israel today, which belongs to KFIR and Ariel Bibas, the IDF confirmed with a report on the forensic findings of the case early Friday morning.
Two boys nine months and four years old respectively at the time of his kidnapping on 7 October 2023. The bodies were identified using forensic analysis in an inter -coupling cooperation between the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police.
The intelligence and forensic evidence available by the identity process has inspired the authorities to determine that the two children were brutally murdered by terrorists in November 2023, a month after their abduction.
KFIR Bibas was murdered at the age of 10 months. Ariel was murdered at the age of four.
The children were abducted from his house in Kibutz Neer Oz along with his father, Yarden and his mother Shiri.
Where is Shiri Bibas’s body, and what is Hamas doing with it?
While his father, Yordan was released on 1 February 2025 as part of the hostage returns agreement, his mother, Shiri’s body was to be released on his behalf. According to The Institute of Forensic Medicine, the body returned with KFIR, Ariel and Oded Lifeshitz was not a match for Shiri Bibas.
The army definitely identified Oded Lifshitz before confirming the identity of Ariel and KFIR Bibas. The body that was presented as the remains of Shiri Bibas was closed in a coffin and sent with keys that did not match, there was an anonymous woman. After the arrival, he was wearing clothes in clothing objects, but still there was not a match for Bibas’s mother.
Experts tried to match DNA for other Israeli hostages held in Gaza, no match.
Officials said the return of a random body, the return of Shiri Bibas, violates the agreement that brought back the bodies, said that the refund of proper bodies was bound under the agreement.
After confirmation of the identity, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations wrote on X, “Instead of returning Shiri, KFIR and Ariel’s mother, Hamas returned to an unknown body, such as it is a useless shipment.” Was. It is a new low, an evil and cruelty in which there is no parallel. ,
