Israel and Hamas Trade Accusations of Violating Fragile Cease-Fire

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  Shiri Bibas not among bodies returned from Gaza, Israel says, accusing Hamas of ‘serious violation’

  IDF statement comes hours after Benjamin Netanyahu orders further crackdown on occupied West Bank over bus explosions. One of the four bodies returned by Hamas to Israel on Thursday is not that ...
  
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• Concerns for ceasefire as Israel accuses Hamas of breaking promise to return hostage remains

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  Fate of Bibas Family Renews Fears for Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire

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  The New York Times - 1d
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  Bodies of youngest Hamas hostages returned to Israel — but their mother wasn't, Israel says

  Yahoo News - 2d
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  Israel says body released by Hamas was not Shiri Bibas

  The Israeli military says the body released by Hamas was not that of Shiri Bibas as they claimed. “No match was found for the fourth body,” they say, describing it as “anonymous and unidentified.” ...
  
  NBC News - 2d
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  Israel Confirms Body Returned by Hamas Is That of Shiri Bibas

  DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
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  Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel

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  Israel says mother not among four hostages' bodies returned by Hamas

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