Hamas releases remains of captive Shiri Bibas after ‘mix-up of bodies’

Hamas has admitted "the possibility of an error or mix-up of bodies" following the misidentification of Shiri Bibas's remains, which the group attributed to relentless Israeli bombings of the area that left many people dead [Abir Sultan/EPA]

Israel’s Bibas family has confirmed that the remains of Shiri Bibas have been returned by Hamas, a day after the announcement that the Palestinian group had returned an unidentified body.

On Friday, Hamas released the remains of Bibas, whose misidentification in a handover earlier prompted anger in the Israeli government and threatened to derail the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal.