Israel says body returned by Hamas not that of hostage Shiri Bibas

Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Israel on Friday accused Hamas of a breach of the cease-fire agreement between the warring sides of the "utmost severity" after DNA testing of four sets of hostage remains returned on Thursday showed one of the bodies was not that of Shiri Bibas as Hamas had claimed.

Calling it "a shocking and horrifying violation" in a post on X, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said two of the bodies had been confirmed as those of Bibas' sons Ariel and Kfir, who would now be 2 and 5, and a third as that of 84-year-old peace activist Oded Lifshitz.

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