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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Helen Livingstone

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

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 an already precarious ceasefire deal.

The Israeli military confirmed in the early hours of Friday that two of the bodies belonged to Bibas’s children, Ariel and Kfir. 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.”

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