Israel at war day 503
- Trump: "WIPE THEM OUT" After watching the scenes of Hamas returning the bodies of the Bibas family today, Trump told one of his advisers that he wants to see Gaza "wiped out." according to ch 14
- The body of the Israeli hostage Oded Lipshitz has been identified.
- UN Human Rights Commissioner calling out Hams Terrorist Organization's "Ceremony" today: “Cruel, heinous, and violating International law.”
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"My brothers and sisters, dear citizens of Israel. On this day, we are all united. We are all united in unbearable grief. Every home in Israel bows its head today. We bow our heads for the heavy loss of our four hostages. We all ache with pain that is mixed with rage. We are all enraged at the monsters of Hamas. The four coffins of our loved ones oblige us more than ever to promise, to swear, that what happened on October 7 will never happen again. The voice of the blood of our loved ones cries out to us from the ground. It obliges us to come to terms with the vile murderers - and we will come to terms with them. "To the vengeance of God, to the vengeance of the Lord."
Our hearts are broken, but our spirits are not broken. And with this spirit: We will return all our hostages, destroy the murderers, eliminate Hamas, and together - with God's help - we will secure our future."
- I’ve noticed a lot of high-profile people who’ve spent the last 16 months endlessly posting about the (appalling) deaths of so many innocent Palestinian women and children, remaining silent about Hamas kidnapping, killing and now humiliating the Bibas family. Shame on them (Piers morgan)
-Israel mourns as bodies of slain hostages enter Israeli territory
-Bodies of four slain hostages brought to Israel, 503 days after they were taken alive.
-Caskets said by Hamas to be holding bodies of Shiri Bibas, her two young sons Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz handed over to Red Cross in propaganda-filled ceremony in south Gaza
after Hamas held a flamboyant and cynical ceremony surrounding their return. The coffins were handed over to the IDF and Shin Bet forces and are being transferred to the Forensic Medicine Institute for identification
- There are currently 69 hostages held in Gaza, 36 have been declared dead.
- Hearts of an entire nation lie in tatters’: Politicians mourn slain hostages Israeli politicians mourned in statements on Thursday the slain hostages Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz, whose bodies were returned by Hamas to Israel as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner swap.
”Agony. Pain. There are no words. Our hearts — the hearts of an entire nation — lie in tatters,” President Isaac Herzog wrote “On behalf of the State of Israel, I bow my head and ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness for not protecting you on that terrible day. Forgiveness for not bringing you home safely. May their memory be a blessing,” Herzog wrote
- Israelis, silent and with national flags, line the roads as vehicles pass en route to Abu Kabir institute for ID process
- IDF held brief ceremony in Gaza after Red Cross brought coffins from Hamas propaganda handover event
The Chief Rabbi of the IDF was present when the bodies were transfered recited kapital 83 in Tehillim, the kaddish and Yizkor will be said layer.
- The four coffins were X-rayed for security purposes. Afterward, they were checked for explosives and that all the locks on the coffins could be opened so there would be no delay at the Institute of Forensic Medicine. Hams didn't provide keys; they had to break the locks