From IDF takes responsibility for error in announcing Bibas names
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF takes responsibility for this evening’s announcement that Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Ariel and Kfir, are on Hamas’s list of slain hostages set to be handed over to Israel tomorrow.
“The IDF is responsible for communicating with the families of the hostages. The IDF investigated the matter and spoke with the families. We regret the mistake that was made in good faith vis-a-vis the families, as well as the emotional distress caused,” the military says in a statement.
The names of the four slain hostages set to be handed over by Hamas tomorrow were first issued by the terror group and confirmed to reporters by top officials.
The Bibas family says they did not approve the names to be published, and the Prime Minister’s Office blamed the IDF for the error.
