Israel at war day 504
Al Jazeera Network from a "special source": The military wing of Hamas handed over the body of Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross.
President Trump on the murder of the Bibas children: “It’s so barbaric. You wouldn’t think that would happen in the modern age, but it happened.” And adding on the hostages who remain: “You know, when you see what’s happening there… you just wonder about the condition of the hostages that they have. One group came in so bad, it looked like it was a concentration camp in Germany.”
IDF got solid intel about the Bibas a few months ago. This intel was entirely in line with the findings of the autopsy yesterday
- Trump seems to be backing off from his Gaza plan. On Jordan and Egypt's plan for the day after in Gaza, Trump said, "They have a different plan, but my plan is better, and I have no intention of imposing it on others."
- IDF Spokesperson: Yarden Bibas asked me yesterday to ensure that the entire world WILL KNOW the circumstances of the murder of his children
- IDF Spokesperson Hagri: The terrorists murdered Kfir and Ariel in cold blood. Not by shooting - but BY HAND, and then tried to cover up the evidence
- DF Spokesman: "The terrorists didn't shoot the. They killed them with their bare hands." LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW
We have passed on the findings of the heinous murder of the Bibas kids to our partners around the world. The whole world needs to know what Hamas did.
-I24 News: “The medical examiners who examined the Bibas bodies expressed shock like no other, and these are the MEs who identified the victims of 10/7”
- Hamas false excuse: for sending different body "The remains of Shiri Bibas were mixed with the bodies of others because of the IDF bombings.
In a statement, Hamas says it will “examine these allegations very seriously” and announce the results of its investigation.
The Hamas statement reiterates its claim that there may have been an “error or mix up” in bodies found in the rubble of an Israeli airstrike which it said killed Shiri and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir. Israel said last night that Ariel and Kfir, whose remains were identified after being handed over, were murdered in captivity by terrorists.
- Israel says it has received a list from Hamas of the six hostages slated for release from Gaza tomorrow. Hamas earlier named those hostages as Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed. The names were publicized in Israel earlier this week when the families were informed.
- There are currently 70 hostages held in Gaza of 36 have been declared dead.
- The Shin Bet arrested two Jewish-Israeli suspects and are investigating their potential involvement in transporting the terrorists that planted bombs on buses in the Bat Yam area of central Israel on Thursday evening, Israeli media reported on Friday. The two are also charged with attempted murder.
- Hamas accuses Israel of procrastinating over second stage talks
- VP JD Vance says Trump will ‘fight every single day’ to bring hostages home, noting that ‘we’ve still got work to do’
-US secretary of state Marco Rubio condemns Hamas, says group would be 'wiped out' if it were next to US border - Fox News
- Following bus bombings, The security assessment concluded that the IDF would carry out a "powerful operation" against "terrorist hotspots" in the West Bank.
- Iran believed to be behind central Israel bus bombings, initial security assessment finds.
The initial assessment from the security establishment is that the plan for the attack came from Iran, and was carried out by Hamas terrorists from the West Bank. Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) identified Iranian involvement in the West Bank by supplying weapons, training terrorists to carry out attacks, and assembling explosive devices, according to Maariv.