Hamas sickens the world with vile parade of child hostages' coffins
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Hamas has been condemned for parading the coffins of hostages in Gaza , with the United Nations rights chief saying the 'abhorrent' treatment of the October 7 attack victims 'flies in the face of international law.'
Israelis are mourning the youngest hostages - baby Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel - as well as their mother Shiri and elderly captive Oded Lifshitz, whose bodies are believed to have been inside the caskets.
The four coffins were displayed to crowds in front of disturbing propaganda posters before being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) by armed Hamas fighters.
They were then transferred to the Israeli military inside Gaza, where they were checked and draped in Israeli flags, before being driven across the border into Israel. They were welcomed home by flag-waving Israelis, who lined the convoy's route.
Thousands of people, including large numbers of masked and armed fighters, had gathered at the site in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, to watch the chilling handover ceremony, filming, cheering and waving banners.
One poster on display depicted a man standing over coffins wrapped in Israeli flags. It read 'The Return of the War = The Return of your Prisoners in Coffins' - an overt threat to Israel from Hamas that the ceasefire must hold.
Alongside the coffins, Hamas displayed mock munitions labelled 'They were killed by USA bombs' and a poster depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire - all part of Hamas' message that Israel was to blame for the hostages' deaths.
Condemning the horrific scenes, UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement that 'under international law, any handover of the remains of deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families.'
Germany 's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock described the images of the handover as 'almost unbearable,' adding that the hostage's families had been 'exposed to the limitless terror of Hamas until the end.'
The Bibas family's plight has come to embody the country's agony over the October 7 attack, and many of those who gathered in Tel Aviv to pay their respects wore orange in solidarity with them - a reference to two boys' red hair.
On Wednesday the Red Cross called for privacy and dignity for the deceased, saying in a statement: 'We must be clear: any degrading treatment during release operations is unacceptable.'
At just nine months old, baby Kfir was the youngest captive seized by Palestinian terrorists in the October 7 terror attacks. He was taken alongside his mother Shiri, and then-four-year-old brother Ariel.
Shiri's husband, Yarden Bibas, was kidnapped separately and released this month after 16 months in captivity, having been told by Hamas that his wife and children were dead.
Hamas has said that all three were killed in an Israeli airstrike early in the war, but did not provide evidence. Their deaths were confirmed by The Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Israel last night but have not been officially confirmed by Israel.
The body of Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist who was aged 83 when he and his wife were taken from their home in Nir Oz, is also believed to be among those released.
Immediately after the handover, Israel's President Isaac Herzog summed up the feeling in his country. 'Agony. Pain. There are no words,' he said on X. 'Our hearts - the hearts of an entire nation - lie in tatters.'
The families have now been informed that four bodies have been received, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office confirmed today, adding: 'Our hearts go out to them at this difficult time.'
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So much for the "genocide" and "mass starvation" of Gaza. The last 24 hours of pictures of healthy Palestinians celebrating their murder of kids should put an end to that. Everyone, from the Biden admin on down who started calling for a ceasefire hours after October 7 should be very proud of just whose water they were carrying. Special mention to the Red Cross who was shaking hands with the Hamas terrorists.
Not one American dollar should ever go to Gaza or the UN until they cut off aid to a Hamas led Gaza. We sponsored this round of terrorism. That's enough.
"A whole lot of journalists and Democrats just decided to stop posting today." Embedded is a video of Palestinians celebrating the murder of the Bibas kids.
In addition to the gleeful ceremony ridden with propaganda in which Hamas this morning paraded the caskets of four Israeli civilian hostages, including two young kids, the terror group inserted additional propaganda material into the coffins it handed back to Israel, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
After Israeli officials found the material inside, Jerusalem reportedly contacted the mediators of the current ceasefire and hostage deal — Egypt, Qatar and the United States — and demanded stern action against what it says was a desecration of the sanctity of the dead.
And three buses were blown up in a terrorist attacks today as well.
A 6th explosive device was found at the 'Yamit 2000' childrens water park in Holon, south Tel Aviv, Israel. A suspect has been arrested in Bat Yam, Israel.
The left must be so proud of Hamas...
And Hamas lied and did not return Shiri Bibas's body. They subbed in a random body.
Savages.
Hamas needs to be ended. Maybe next time they have this type of parade.....................