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Al Jazeera: Hamas has handed Shiri Bibas’s body to Red Cross; IDF checking
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
A source tells Al Jazeera that Hamas handed over the body of Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross a short while ago.
Israeli officials have not confirmed the report.
The IDF says it is looking into the details.
Channel 12 reports that the Red Cross has not yet received a body but has been told to head to a location to receive it.
It says the Bibas family is being updated.
Hamas said it had returned Shiri Bibas’s body to Israel yesterday along with the bodies of her two sons Ariel and Kfir. In fact, the body purported to be Shiri’s was that of a Gazan woman.
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