Israel: Slain Hostage Is Not Shiri Bibas

Stand for Israel  |  February 21, 2025

Confusion, compounded by tremendous grief, in Israel, as examination fails to confirm the identity of one of the slain hostages returned by terrorists yesterday:

But specialists at the Abu Kabir forensic institute were unable to identify the body claimed by Hamas to have been Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped along with her two young sons from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, while the family’s father Yarden was taken separately.

The IDF said that exhaustive testing had ascertained that the body was not that of Shiri and did not match the DNA of any male or female hostage.

“This is a very serious violation by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is required by the agreement to return four dead hostages,” said the IDF. “We demand that Hamas return Shiri home, along with all of our hostages.”

Please continue to lift up the hostages, their loved ones, and all of Israel in prayer in the difficult and dangerous days ahead.