Israel says it has identified two of the dead bodies returned by Hamas on Thursday as Ariel and Kfir Bibas – but tests show another body that was expected to be that of their mother Shiri is not hers – and does not match any other Israeli hostage.

DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.

THE body of Shiri Bibas has finally been returned home, Israel has confirmed. It took Hamas terrorists two attempts to correctly return the mum’s body back to her loved ones after sending