Global Outrage as Hamas Parades Coffins of Child Hostages in Gaza

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Hamas has drawn widespread condemnation after parading the coffins of Israeli hostages through the streets of Gaza in what has been described as a vile and cruel act. The United Nations’ human rights chief denounced the spectacle as “abhorrent” and a violation of international law, while grief-stricken Israelis mourned the victims, including baby Kfir Bibas, his four-year-old brother Ariel, their mother Shiri, and elderly hostage Oded Lifshitz. Their bodies were believed to be inside the caskets displayed by Hamas before being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).  

 

Children in Gaza celebrate on the stage where Hamas parade the coffins of a 1 year old and a 5 year old whom they kidnapped and murdered.

Children in Gaza celebrate on the stage where Hamas parade the coffins of a 1 year old and a 5 year old whom they kidnapped and murdered.

This culture, if you can even call it that, is not redeemable. pic.twitter.com/MBhgoFpCJ7

— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) February 20, 2025

This culture, if you can even call it that, is not redeemable.

 

The armed militants presented the coffins in front of propaganda posters before transferring them to the Israeli military inside Gaza. Once in Israeli hands, the bodies were draped in national flags and taken across the border, where thousands of Israelis lined the route to pay their respects. In stark contrast, the handover in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, saw large crowds, including masked and armed fighters, cheering and waving banners as they watched the disturbing display.  

 

“The coffins were made with special side handles so they could be carried at foot level, unlike the usual coffins in which we bid farewell to our martyrs, which are carried on the shoulders,” a Hamas official remarked, underscoring the deliberate staging of themacabre event

 

International leaders expressed horror at the treatment of the victims. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock described the images as “almost unbearable,” condemning the prolonged suffering inflicted upon the victims’ families. The tragedy of baby Kfir, who was only nine months old when Hamas terrorists abducted him on October 7 alongside his mother and brother, struck a deep chord. Shiri’s husband, Yarden Bibas, was taken separately and released this month after 16 months in captivity—only to learn that his wife and children had been murdered.  

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retribution, calling Hamas "monsters" and declaring that justice would be served. “The voice of our dear ones’ blood cries out to us from the ground,” Netanyahu said on X. “It requires us to settle accounts with the depraved murderers – and we will settle the score with them.”  

 

Condemnation came from around the world, including from Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, who called the parade of coffins “a disgrace to Islam.” Many Israelis, including those who have suffered personal loss at the hands of terrorists, echoed these sentiments.  

 

Hillel Fuld, whose journalist brother was murdered in a terrorist attack in the West Bank in 2018, said he was unsurprised by the shocking display. “It’s shocking to me that anyone was shocked by the satanic parade that we saw today in Gaza. This is Hamas,” said Fuld, a 45-year-old Queens native now living in Israel. “After today, mothers will stop telling their children that there is no such thing as monsters.”  

 

Michael Levy, the brother of recently freed hostage Or Levy, described the event as "just more proof of how evil this terror organization is." He added, “What kind of human being celebrates the murder of a baby – and a kid?” Struggling to comprehend the inhumanity, Levy questioned, “Knowing you have babies and an old man, an innocent woman who was murdered… And you see people happy and celebrate… What exactly are you celebrating? What’s wrong with you?”  

 

The horrifying spectacle has only deepened global outrage against Hamas, with calls for accountability growing louder. While the grieving families of the murdered hostages mourn their loss, the world watches in shock at the depths of brutality on display.

 

Based on a report by Daily Mail  2025-02-21

 

 

[JonnyF]

Ah, the BBC's favourite "freedom fighters" showing their true colours again. 

 

Jeremy Corbyn's "friends"...

[proton]

From the horses mouth, the son of Hamas

 

 

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UPDATE:

 

 

Two bodies returned by Hamas identified as Bibas children, mother Shiri not among them

 

The Israel Defense Forces said it had forensically identified the bodies of two Israeli hostage children returned by Hamas on Thursday – Kfir Bibas and his older brother, Ariel – but that the additional body they received is not that of their mother, Shiri Bibas.

“No match was found for any other hostage. This is an anonymous, unidentified body,” the IDF said in a statement on social media.

 

“This is a violation of utmost severity by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is obligated under the agreement to return four deceased hostages,” the IDF said. “We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all our hostages.”

The identification of deceased hostages was conducted by Israel's National Institute of Forensic Medicine in collaboration with the Israel Police, the military said.

 

The IDF said that “professional officials, based on the intelligence available to us and forensic findings from the identification process, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were brutally murdered by terrorists in captivity in November 2023.”

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/02/20/shiri-bibas-body-not-returned-israel/79352222007/

 

 

[Hanaguma]

Love how the Hamas "fighters" hide amongst children, and keep their faces covered. Truly evil.  One hopes that Netanyahu can keep it together until the rest of the hostages are freed, and then turns Gaza into a parking lot.

Besides, what kind of twisted monster keeps the bodies of their victims as hostages? 

[theblether]

Utter filth. Glad to see the Grand Mufti condemn them. 

 

And they have played into Trump's hands. This will haunt them for years.