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Hamas puts on sickening parade with bodies of tiny hostages Kfir and Ariel Bibas and 2 other Israelis — in a show of force meant to inflict maximum pain 19 February 2025 at 23:57

Hamas puts on sickening parade with bodies of tiny hostages Kfir and Ariel Bibas and 2 other Israelis — in a show of force meant to inflict maximum pain

World News – Latest Breaking Headlines, Photos, Videos

By: Ronny Reyes， Nicholas McEntyre

19 February 2025 at 23:57

The heartbreaking exchange saw the terror group hand over the coffins after displaying in front of a disturbing mural depicting a bloody Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — with fangs — standing over pictures of the Bibas family and Lifshiftz.

Hamas stands on stage near coffins during the handover of deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack.

A convoy carrying the bodies of four Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas arrives at the National Center of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 20.

People stand with flags as a convoy transporting four released bodies of hostages arrive at the forensic institution.

Women react as the convoy transporting the bodies of deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, arrives in Tel Aviv on the day they were handed over under the terms of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 20, 2025.

A drone view shows Palestinians and militants gathering around Red Cross vehicles on the day Hamas hands over the bodies of deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 20, 2025.

Palestinians gather as Hamas fighters escort Red Cross vehicles carrying coffins containing the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children, who had long been feared dead, to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

A white sheet is draped over one of the coffins before Red Cross workers place it into the vehicle.

Five Red Cross vehicles drive down a road past hundreds of spectators during the exchange.

Spectators stand in front of a destroyed building before the victims were transferred over to the Red Cross.

A drone captured Red Cross workers preparing a coffin for transportation back to Israel.

Hamas terrorists carry the coffin of Kfir Bibas off the stage to the awaiting trucks.

The exchange ended when the five Red Cross vehicles left the exchange area in Khan Younis just before 10 a.m. Thursday.

Israeli soldiers salute the four coffins upon their arrival in Israel on Feb. 20, 2025.

Shiri, Ariel and Kfir were kidnapped from their home during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.

Video of the Bibas family kidnapping was shared widely among Hamas members and became a symbol for the horrors of Oct. 7.

Grieving father Yarden Bibas learned his families fate on Wednesday, just two weeks after Hamas released him from captivity.

Oded Lifshitz was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.