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 of the hostage Shiri Bibas, Israel’s military has said, calling it a “violation of utmost severity” of a ceasefire deal that was already precarious.

The Israeli military confirmed that two of the bodies belonged to Bibas’s children, Ariel and Kfir, in the early hours of Friday. However, it added: “During the identification process, it was determined that the additional body received is not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was found for any other hostage. This is an anonymous, unidentified body.”

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