Israel’s Bibas family has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to protect their loved ones during Hamas’ 2023 blitz on Israeli military sites and settlements near the fence with Gaza and of failing to bring them home. The family’s comments on Friday were their first since Israel announced that a body received from Hamas on Thursday was not that of Shiri Bibas as claimed by the Palestinian resistance group. It confirmed that three other bodies handed over were Oded Lifshitz and Shiri’s two sons Kfir and Ariel. But later on Friday, Hamas said it handed over Shiri’s remains to Red Cross after a possible mix-up in the bodies, resulting from Israeli bombardment of the site where Bibas’ family was located alongside other Palestinians.
