Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas' body finally goes home

It was an agonizing week for Israelis after Hamas failed to hand over the body of Shiri Bibas, but her remains were eventually sent back overnight. Debora Patta reports.

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Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.
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Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says

The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned to Israel after Hamas sent back the wrong human remains.
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Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

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Netanyahu vows to make Hamas pay for not returning body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas

Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to be Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz. But overnight, Israel's defense ...
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Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says

Hamas said the hostage's remains seem to have been mixed up with other bodies and it is investigating.
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Body handed over by Hamas is that of Shiri Bibas, Israeli sources say

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Hamas turns over correct body of hostage Shiri Bibas

Hostage Shiri Bibas's body has been returned to Israel after Hamas turned over the wrong body on Thursday.
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Shiri Bibas' body confirmed as release of more Gaza hostages planned

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Hamas hands over more Gaza hostages as Shiri Bibas' body confirmed

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Israeli hostages return home in caskets

Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, ...
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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.” ...
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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.
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Hamas Releases Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages

Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives.
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Hamas Didn’t Return the Body of Shiri Bibas. What Now?

The Palestinian armed group initially said it had handed over the body of Shiri Bibas along with her two young children and another man. Israel said forensic testing found the remains were not hers.
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Hamas says it has handed body of Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross

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Israel confirms Shiri Bibas body has been returned

Hamas has previously claimed that the mother and her two sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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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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Netanyahu vows 'revenge' after Israel says Hamas sent back wrong body for Shiri Bibas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed "revenge" after the Israeli military said one of the four bodies recently released by Hamas did not include a hostage.
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What to know about failed Hamas return of Shiri Bibas' body, bus explosions in Israel

Israeli forces have announced that none of the bodies returned by Hamas Thursday belonged to Shiri Bibas, as originally believed. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more on that and a ...
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Hamas says it's sending Israel Shiri Bibas' remains after returning unidentified body instead

Hamas is vowing to investigate why Shiri Bibas' body was not one of the four returned to Israel this week alongside her two young sons. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
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Shiri Bibas remains identified as Israel and Hamas prepare for another hostage-prisoner swap

Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s body. The body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, ...
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Hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire holds; family confirms return of Shiri Bibas' remains

Overnight, Hamas freed six more Israeli hostages in Gaza. The release is happening despite heightened tensions between Hamas and Israel after the terror group handed over a body that was ...
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Who Are the 6 Freed Israeli Hostages?

Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Netanyahu: Hamas will pay for not returning mother Shiri Bibas

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Watch: The moment six Israeli hostages are released

Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.
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Hamas releases six Israeli hostages as ceasefire holds

Six living hostages — including two who were held in Gaza for a decade — were released by Hamas Saturday.
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Israeli hostages freed as Palestinian prisoner release delayed

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Netanyahu: Hamas will ‘pay the full price’ for not returning Shiri Bibas to Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas will “pay the full price” for not returning the body of Shiri Bibas to Israel. Netanyahu added that the body that was returned to Isreal was a ...
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Netanyahu says Gazan woman, not Shiri Bibas, was turned over by Hamas

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We cannot mourn until Shiri Bibas is returned, family says

The hostage's sister-in-law said the family is "not seeking revenge right now" as they call for her return from Gaza.
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Shiri Bibas' family says her remains have been returned

The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was said to have been returned earlier this week, but Israeli forces said it was the body of an unidentified Gazan woman.
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Hamas killed Bibas children 'with bare hands,' Israeli army says

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Israeli family mourns 'man of peace' as body returned from Gaza

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Hamas’s failure to return Israeli mother’s body strains ceasefire

A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been strained by outrage over Hamas’s alleged transfer of an unknown body to Israel in the place of Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother who was ...
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Shock over Bibas body mix-up is latest hurdle in fragile ceasefire

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Israel says slain Israeli mother was not among hostage remains released by Hamas

Hamas plans to release six more Israeli hostages this week, and in turn, Israel will return and release 600 Palestinian prisoners. The latest swap is part of the ceasefire deal, which is still ...
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Bodies of the youngest Hamas hostages were retuned without their mother

The bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, the two youngest captives held by Hamas, were confirmed to be among those released as part of a ceasefire deal. However, the body that was believed to be their ...
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Bodies of youngest Hamas hostages returned to Israel — but their mother wasn't, Israel says

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

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