IDF is investigating Hamas claims that Bibas children, mother are dead

Hamas claimed that Shiri Bibas and her two children, 10-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel, who were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, are dead. The terrorist organization has not provided proof, and Israel has not signaled so far that it is true. The IDF said that they are examining the reliability of the information, and that they spoke with members of the Bibas family and informed them of the report. The IDF statement also stated that "responsibility for the safety of all hostages in the Gaza Strip rests fully with the terrorist organization Hamas. Hamas endangers the hostages, including nine children. Hamas is required to immediately return them to Israel." In recent weeks, since the outbreak of the war, Hamas has published false claims, and the credibility of the claim is unclear. The IDF spokesman said this weekthat they were kidnapped together with their father by Hamas, but today they are being held by another terrorist organization in the Khan Younis area of ​​the southern Gaza Strip. (Einav Halabi)