 "'A new low': Israel demands UNSC to condemn Hamas for sending anonymous body")
The Israeli envoy to the UN on Friday called on the Security Council to condemn the return of an anonymous body instead of the mother of the two children, Shiri Bibas.
Danny Danon, the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, accused Hamas of returning the bodies like “worthless shipments” and said, “This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel.”
“There are no words that can describe such an atrocity. Hamas not only murdered Ariel and Kfir Bibas in cold blood – a 4-year-old boy and a 10-month-old baby – but continue to violate every basic moral value even after their death," he added.
Israel has said that one of the bodies returned from Gaza is not that of Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, and accused Palestinian “terrorists” of killing her two boys who have become symbols of the hostages’ ordeal.
Danon demanded UNSC “condemn this heinous crime” and push for the immediate release of the mother of the two young children.
Military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Telegram that Israel had identified the remains of Bibas boys Ariel and Kfir, accusing Palestinian “terrorists” of killing them.
“According to the assessment of the relevant authorities and based on available intelligence and diagnostic indicators, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were brutally killed in captivity in November 2023 by Palestinian terrorists,” Adraee said.
‘Pure evil’
Adam Boehler, the US envoy for hostages warned Hamas and said its decision to hand over an unidentified body was “horrific” and a “clear violation” of the Gaza ceasefire terms.
“If I were them, I’d release everybody or they are going to face total annihilation,” he told CNN.
“I don’t know what [Hamas] thought when they put the body of somebody else in a coffin and said that it was the mother of two kids who had been brutally murdered, whether they thought Israel wouldn’t find that or not, but it’s absolutely stunning,” he added.
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More ShortsMeanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for the “eradication” of the Palestinian terrorist group.
“On October 7, 2023, terrorists in Gaza abducted a mother, her child, her infant son, and an 83-year-old man and murdered them,” he wrote on X.
He added, “More than 500 days later, Hamas returned them to Israel in coffins. We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims’ families who have suffered the unimaginable. Hamas is evil – pure evil – and must be eradicated. ALL hostages must come home NOW.”
Argentina declares state of mourning
Argentine President Javier Milei has declared two days of national mourning in the country for Ariel and Kfir Bibas, as he condemned Hamas.
“The president of the nation decrees national mourning for two days in memory of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, and expresses in the name of Argentines, condolences to the family, especially Yarden Bibas, father of the boys, who having suffered from the torment of being held hostage for 484 days, today is faced with his worst nightmare,” Milei’s office said in a statement.
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