The bodies of Shiri, Kfir, Ariel Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz were brought back to Israel after more than 500 days since they were taken hostage. However, Hamas continued to show disrespect and exploitation towards the hostages.
Following a ceremony that received widespread criticism, the coffins of the four murdered Israeli hostages were publicly displayed. The four coffins were exhibited alongside a disturbing image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a banner accusing him of war crimes. The banner read, “The war criminal Netanyahu & his Nazi army killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes.”
One of the coffins was supposedly holding Shiri Bibas, with a photograph of the young mother beside the words “arrest date” and the date of the Oct. 7 attacks. As of now, Israel has only been able to confirm the identity of Oded Lifshitz.
L-R: Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Ariel Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
United Nations watchdog organization UN Watch called for Türk’s resignation in its December 2024 report showing that the human rights commissioner condemned the U.S. more than China, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Qatar combined. The organization also accused Türk of focusing on the Jewish state.
“Türk was obsessed with condemning Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, making 58 condemnations during the past two years, with 49 on the Hamas-Israel war. To put this in perspective, over the same two years, the Maduro regime in Venezuela was criticized only 4 times,” the report reads.
After the Oct. 7 attacks, Shiri Bibas and her sons, Kfir and Ariel, became symbols of Hamas’ brutality. The image of a terrified mother holding her 4-year-old and 9-month-old quickly spread around the world. Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the father of Kfir and Ariel, was taken captive separately and was ultimately released from Gaza on Feb. 1.
In addition to the bodies of the Bibas family and Lifshitz, Israel is preparing to receive six living hostages on Saturday as part of its ongoing ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights but did not receive a response in time for publication.
