Head of forensic institute to deliver statement shortly, as it works to ID slain hostages

20 February 2025, 6:47 pm

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Chen Kugel, the head of the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, is set to deliver a statement shortly, apparently about the identification process for the four bodies Hamas handed over this morning.

Israel has already announced that one of the bodies has been identified as hostage Oded Lifshitz, with the Prime Minister’s Office saying he was murdered in captivity by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The remaining three bodies are believed to be those of Shiri Silberman Bibas and her two young boys, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who were aged 4 years and 9 months, respectively, when they were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023.