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Our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned home to her sons, husband, sister, and all her family for rest,
her family said in a statement
It has been one of the saddest days that I can remember in my entire life
said Elisheva Flamm Oren, a 66-year-old social worker
Last night, our Shiri was returned home,
the family said in a statement, which saidThere is no forgiveness for abandoning them on October 7, and no forgiveness for abandoning them in captivity,
Ofri Bibas said
Who kidnaps a little boy and a baby and murders them? Monsters. That's who,
Netanyahu saidThe hostages must be released,
he addedThere are voices about totally destroying Gaza and all this. For me, it's not only inappropriate, it's immoral,
he saidWe confirm that it is not in our values or our interest to keep any bodies or not to abide by the covenants and agreements that we sign on,
Naim said
Here, we would like to remind the world that we received thousands of bodies from the Zionist enemy in blue bags without any identification on them and without any respect for their humanity, ... and we did not hear any condemnation of these crimes from international officials and the official western media did not care about Palestinian human rights."
Naim said
Contrary to Hamas's lies, Ariel and Kfir were not killed in an airstrike,
IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement issued Friday.jpg)
It's horrific. It's a clear violation. And if I have one piece of advice for Hamas now, it's not only do you need to release [Shiri's] body immediately, but we have the bodies of four Americans that are still there and we have one American, Edan Alexander, ... he needs to come home. And if I were them, I'd release everybody, or they are going to face total annihilation right now."
U.S. envoy for hostages Adam Boehler during an interview with CNN on FridayIn the midst of the Zionist genocide that led to the killing of thousands of innocent Palestinian children and women, and the destruction of the Gaza Strip and all aspects of life in it, some unfortunate mistakes may occur especially since the Zionist bombing resulted in corpses of Israeli prisoners mixing with corpses of Palestinians, thousands of whom are still under the rubble,
Hamas spokesperson and Political Bureau member Basem Naim said in a statement shared with NewsweekAfterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities,
the IDF continuedWe've been very adamant throughout this whole process that we're committed to the agreement, but when they violate it, we will not accept it."
He said
We will work with determination to bring Shiri home together with all our hostages—both living and dead—and ensure that Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and malicious violation of the agreement."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuWe have no interest in retaining any bodies. We have demonstrated full compliance with the agreement in recent days and remain committed to all its terms."
Hamas, in a statementAnd as the prime minister of Israel, I vow that I will not rest until the savages who executed our hostages are brought to justice. They do not deserve to walk this earth. Nothing will stop me. Nothing,
he added
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, we did not receive an apology from you in this painful moment. For Ariel and Kfir's sake, and for Yarden's sake, we are not seeking revenge right now. We are asking for Shiri,
Levy said in the statementThese Hamas monsters also cynically refused to bring back the boys’ mother, Shiri, and sent the body of a Gazan woman instead, in brazen violation of the agreement,
Netanyahu said in a statement on FridayAriel, Kfir and Oded: I am so sorry we couldn't save you from the monsters who did this. We honor your kind and loving souls, so tragically cut down by evil terror,
the prime minister said