Hamas returns bodies of four Israeli hostages in Gaza

The remains were said to be of Shiri Bibas, pictured, and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Hamas has released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation’s agony following the October 7 2023 attack.

The militants displayed four black coffins on a stage surrounded by banners as Red Cross vehicles arrived at the scene in the Gaza Strip.