shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel and kfir, redheaded children was seen across the world.nnounced the family had died in november 2023 — claiming they'd been killed in an israeli air strike. of 84—year—old peace campaigner oded lifshitz were supposedly returned to israel. it was a day many in israel had been dreading — and of ariel and kfir have been returned to them, but they say shiri bibas. of the fragile ceasefire deal. for those waiting for their family members to be returned, it's agonising. my brother is in captivity and is going to be released only in the second phase. we are fighting both in israel and outside israel, that my brother returns home. late last night, three buses exploded on the outskirts of tel aviv. there are no reports of injuries. israel say it was a suspected terror attack, and benjamin operation in the west bank. the violence and fear for both israelis and palestinians continues. hamas commented but one would expect they have to somehow? respond somehow? received a comment haven't received a comment from hamas as yet but, yes, there would defini

ariel, aged nine months old, and kfir, who was four.vers when, whatever condition they may have been in, families had been able to welcome back their relatives who they might have believed they would never see again. the bibas family and the lifschitz family might have survived, despite the indications that they hadn't. they are still waiting for the final forensic that they have died. this handover of these four bodies has taken placejust in the past hour or so. are transferring them hostages and called for privacy and dignity today. by hamas, with throngs of people surrounding them? i mean, in israel, as you can understand, the response is one of anger, mixed with the sorrow over the fact that these people have died and that that's now shown to be almost certainly the case. the way that this was staged once again is seen here a caricature of the israeli prime minister benjamin accusing him of the murder of these hostages. that the bibas family, all three of them were dead, israel has not said there is truth to that. but that is what h

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hamas kfir and his four—year—old brother ariel.lled in an israeli air strike. they accused hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement and required her return. they said that a veteran peace activist... translation: we will act with determination to bring shiri - home, along with all of our captives, both the living and the foreign and ensure that hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement. israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned on thursday was that of veteran peace activist, oded lifshitz. let's speak to our correspondent — sebastian usher who is in jerusalem. and who is injerusalem. and described hamas as monster. he made a statement a monster. he made a statement describing it as horrific, this latest that we latest development that we are hearing about. i think hearing about. i don't think this very first that we this very first line that we are from hamas do anything are from hamas will do anything douse the anger. this is to douse the anger. this is hamas official and we do not wit

a reminder that she and her husband, yarden, and their two little boys — ariel, who was just four ond nine—month—old kfir — were seized in that hamas attack. the two little boys have become symbols of the brutality of that assault. connect them to families, and here you are and i can't imagine what you've been going through, so i wanted to ask you on the record how you both are. you can only imagine. days, an 84—year—old great—grandfather, two babies, but what kind of organisation, what kind of people commit these atrocious crimes? and as families that have our loved ones and our son we know that he's not alive, but it's tortuous. this has been a long terrorist attack, and and to torture the families. and that's how we feel. body will be returned, is that one of the hardest things, simply not knowing? well, obviously, that's the definition of terrorism, right? it's they torture you. to be in this uncertainty situation. we can't do anything, we can't get back to work. we are not sure where our son is. think about it as any parent who cares about his child, to be in this uncertainty si

but for ariel, we need to go even colder because it's an infrared mission.icted that over the next decade, will increase by thousands. they have a role in everyday life, or warning us when life—threatening weather is on the way. come, kiara. i'll tell you a story. a story of destiny that - would change our lives forever. hello! on mufasa: the lion king. you are filming a movie, in that virtual environment. the director having a monitor so he could see what was.--” you had an empty volume, so it was him going around and finding his angles. we developed a system called quadcap, and react with each other. but on your screen, it would be the animals. we're trapped! we have to swim. no, we have to fight. if we fight, we die. from this material. that was the technical challenges. but there was also the creative challenges with barryjenkins and his dop, james laxton. it moves a lot. so we needed to make sure that those assets, to a wide view, to come to a very close angle just on the lion, the numbers are just incredible. coming out of the farm. mufasa, it is your

president zelensky access to user data. to successfully preserve the sight of young four—year—old arielas and his ten—month old brother committing horrific acts to cover it up. activist oded lifshitz — were returned to have been returned, too, but israel says the coffin hamas says human remains may have become mixed up a decade ago and have been held there since. hamas says israel will release 602 prisoners. for the israel defense forces — gave a news briefing where he spoke about ariel and kfir bibas. following a forensic examination, we can confirm that baby kfir bibas, aged just ten—months—old, and his older brother ariel, aged four, were both brutally no later than november, 2023. together with their mother shiri, from their home on october 7, 2023. killed in an air strike. once again, as monsters, and said that that he been returned. of the two little boys, as he awaits more news the remaining hostages back. a lot of hostage relatives have long felt that he has of what has happened in the last 2a hours — of the hostages saying we do not want this to jeopardise the progression of th

jardiance, kfir and ariel. nothing. nothing. even the hostages that were released, no one saw them. uh, nothing. it's. i don't know if a nightmare is even the best way to describe the situation that we are living. >> after 484 days held captive, yarden bibas was released this month, embraced by his parents. he had no wife and children to come home to, and now this hamas who stole the children and their mother today, using them once again for propaganda, staging a public spectacle for coffins put on display. they said they held the remains of shiri bibas, her two children and another hostage, journalist oded lifshitz hamas gunman handed them over to the red cross back on israeli soil. the return was more dignified. mourners came to see the motorcade and pay their respects. hours later, however, more heartbreak. israel's military confirmed oded lifshitz remains were in a casket, as were the children's. but shiri bibas body was not an unidentified body was, but it does not match her or any of the other hostages. according to the idf, across israel and much of the world tonight, she and

this is what she said. >> ariel. >> ariel and cathy harris sake and for jordan's sake, we are not seekingge right now. we are asking for their cruelty only emphasizes the urgent need to bring shiri back to us, save the lives of the living hostages, and return all the fallen for burial. >> president trump. >> i'm asking. >> you, please assist. >> israel and. >> our family in completing this important mission. >> so there's six living hostages expected to be released tomorrow. saturday. it's hard to see, though, how this can continue with all the tensions that are just seem to be growing right now. dana. >> yeah, but hopefully those hostages, the living hostages will be released tomorrow. and to hear jardiance sister say what she is saying, knowing that jordan, the husband of shiri and the father of those two babies, was released. so he is, you know, sort of the survivor trying to make sense of this all is really hard to bear. nic, thank you so much for your terrific reporting as always. coming up, a constitutional crisis. that's the latest rallying cry from some democrats. the question is,

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take it to the water, ariel and moana. >> of course.ud of where she comes from, so with that beautiful tropical island paradise comes those lush green palms, coconut water, even the flower breeze notes in the plumeria, that was that flower she was seen wearing throughout the whole movie. there are those combos, and with ariel, what i love about it -- >> brittany: take a whiff. >> a little mist. i love it because i have it on my body too. that aquatic setting and beachy feel giving back to her home, right but the beach in there and those choral waters, so it's very tropical too but has that beach effect and we love it. >> brittany: thank you so much. thank you, brittany. so all of these products are flying off the shelves so scan the qr code on your screen and order online or visit a bath & body works store. you can head to @shopgma on instagram for a chance to win all of these products. whit? >> whit: coming up on "gma," managing your emotions so they don't manage you and we will find out how right after this. here you leave today and e

the remains of mrs bibas along with her children, ten—month—old kfir and his four—year—old brother ariel air strike. israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned on thursday was that of veteran peace activist, oded lifshitz. in an unimaginably cynical manner, they did not return shiri to her small children, along with all of our captives, both the living and the fallen, for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement. after there were explosions on three empty buses which were charlotte gallagher reports. shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel and kfir, redheaded children was seen across the world. claiming they'd been killed in an israeli air strike. but it wasn't until yesterday that their remains and those returned to israel. four black coffins were paraded before crowds in gaza, before being driven away by the red cross. it was a day many in israel had been dreading — the return of the dead. officials confirmed that the bodies of mr lifshitz shiri bibas. the israeli defense forces say that... the idf also say that forensic tests show that shiri's sons were murdered in cap

ariel and kfir bibas were murdered by of the mood in israel.u're seeing, really, is the grief prime minister benjamin netanyahu described hamas, at nothing to seek revenge. and said that it was a gross, cruel and evil violation of the ceasefire deal that shiri bibas had not been returned. so an extremely distressing situation, of course, for yarden bibas, shiri's father, her husband, the father of the two little boys, as he awaits more news to bring the remaining hostages back. a lot of hostage relatives have long felt that he has over the survival of the ceasefire deal. you are still seeing a lot of comments from families of the hostages saying we do not want this phase of the ceasefire deal, which would see the release 59 still in captivity, many of them are dead. but, you know, the progression of that cease fire talks let us now cover the store in ukraine, i don't want to ukraine, i denftrwantte bring some new ukraine, i dgnftrwanttb bring some new lines we are an interview vaninterview that from an interview that resident has given to tug?

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ariel archaeologists have found the first tomb of the pharaoh to discovered since to be discovered sinceore than to be discovered since t century nun was found more than to be discovered since t century ago. vas found more than live from london, this is bbc news. the rift between two presidents deepens as donald trump repeats his comments about volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator. he refuses to have elections, he is low in the real ukrainian polls, how can you be high when every city is being demolished? a dictator without elections, zielinski mr —— better move faster, he is not going to have a country without elections. israel has confirmed it has received the names of the four dead israeli hostages whose bodies will be returned today. this is the scene in khan younis.

hamas was due to return the remains and his four—year—old brother ariel. an israeli air strike.er benjamin netanyahu has given a television address stating that the body of a gazan woman was handed over instead of mrs bibas. he said israel will act with determination to recover her body and ensure hamas pays the full price for breaching their agreement. hamas was due to return the remains of mrs bibas along with her children, ten—month—old kfir and his four—year—old brother ariel. they were taken during the october 7th attacks but israel says tests on the body show that it's not hers. the israel defense forces also say the children had been murdered — hamas says they were killed in an israeli air strike. israel accused hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement, and demanded the return of mrs bibas. israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned on thursday was that of veteran peace activist, 0ded lifshitz. | translation: the cruelty of the | hamas monsters knows no bounds. not only did they abduct the father yarden bibas, the young mother shiri, and their two small infants

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ariel, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> and ariel. first off, i know a lot of people when they hear about these firings, they think of probationary employees as new employees. but you are someone who had recently switched from one h.r. office in the va to another. how long have you been working at the department of veterans affairs? >> that is correct. um, i. >> have been working for. >> the department of veterans. >> affairs for. >> a total of over 15 years. >> 15 years, no break. >> in. >> service with no break in service. and how many times have you been probationary? because i know that you've moved a lot with your husband being in the air force. you've also switched from the medical and nursing side of things to the administrative side of the va. >> yes. so i. would say. >> with this last move that i did from. >> hr departments in november, um, this is the fifth. >> probationary period that i have been put on. >> and were there other long term employees in your office who got fired like this as well? >> yes, ma'am. so, um, there

and ariel kane joins me now. thank you so much for being here, ariel.>> thank you so much for having me. >> so i. >> worked at the as you mentioned, the centers for medicare and medicaid innovation, which is a small office within the larger agency. and the goal was to make medicare and medicaid even better. they're already pretty good. they're already pretty efficient, but there's always room for improvement. so i worked on one of the models, as i mentioned in my tweet, the one that was working on maternal health. >> and how did you find out that you were laid off fired? >> well, so obviously i follow the news, and i knew that people who were in this probationary category, which i was, were being fired across hhs. and so i was compulsively checking my email. and after a run, i logged on to my computer and my colleague had pinged me that she had gotten the notice. and then less than an hour later, the exact same notice popped up on my computer and i had to call my own boss. after receiving that email and tell him i was fired. >> wow. and what did the not

ariel and kfir were not killed in an air strike. ariel and kfir bibas were murdered by terrorists in cold blood. the terrorists did not shoot the two young boys. they killed them with their bare hands. afterwards. they committed horrific acts to cover up this atrocity. >> so you have this extreme variance now between the two narratives, hamas says, and the israeli government. and into all of that, the bibas family, the aunt of kfir and ariel, has, in essence, gone against what the prime minister is saying rather than calling for revenge, is calling for release of the other hostages to be the priority. now, this is what she said. >> for ariel and cathy harris sake, and for jardiance sake, we are not seeking revenge right now. we are asking for their cruelty only emphasizes the urgent need to bring shiri back to us. save the lives of the living hostages, and return all the fallen for burial. >> president trump. >> i'm asking. >> you, please assist israel and our family in completing this important mission. >> but in essence, the real

shiri bibas was 32 years old when hamas kidnaped her and her two young sons, four year old ariel and nine month old kfir oded lifshitz, was. his remains were also returned. he was a longtime peace activist. he drove palestinians to hospitals in israel. this is the second time we should note that hamas ignored president trump's deadline and demand that they release all of the hostages by a date certain. as israel mourns the four hostages returning home, israeli prime minister netanyahu is vowing revenge against hamas. cnn's nic robertson reports. >> in a convoy freighted with the pain of a nation, the bodies, hamas says, are the youngest. october 7th hostage victims and their mother on their final journey home. and in the fourth red cross vehicle, what hamas says are the remains of one of the oldest october 7th victims. oded livshits. in the early morning handover, beginning against the backdrop of hamas propaganda turning dignified with a short service as the four caskets handed over to the idf. a moment of closure beginning for the families and a nation hostage to the fate of the bi

but now we have this awful news about he and his brother ariel's fate.ly emotional kind of development affect diplomatic talks to extend the ceasefire? those talks were already tenuous. >> absolutely. >> thank. >> thank you for. >> having me. and you're. >> absolutely right. >> you know, absolutely heartbreaking story that is going to have real diplomatic consequences. it was going to be hard enough to extend this phase that israel is in with hamas, which is a pause in the fighting to allow for the. >> release of hostages and the release of palestinian prisoners. >> and this time period is supposed to be used for negotiations to. try to establish a permanent ceasefire, where. >> you would have. >> a long term. >> israeli israeli withdrawal. >> and, you know, hopefully basically say that this conflict. >> is over. but of course. >> emotion is part of what's happening here and drives. >> the politics. >> around prime minister netanyahu. and you can hear from his rhetoric, the visceral outrage he is feeling, which is, i think is reflecting a sense in the is

the remains of shiri bibas along with her children, ten—month—old kfir and his four—year—old brother arielrael says tests on the body supposed to be shiri show that it's not hers. murdered — hamas says they were killed in an israeli airstrike. and demanded shiri's return. israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned offensives across the occupied west bank after there to tel aviv. charlotte gallagher reports. clinging on to her two redheaded children was seen across the world. hamas announced the family had died in november strike. but it wasn't until yesterday that their remains supposedly returned to israel. four black coffins were paraded before crowds in gaza before being driven away by the red cross. the return of the dead. officials confirmed that the bodies of mr lifshitz and of ariel and kfir have been returned to them but they say the fourth body additional body received is not that of shiri bibas, and no match was found for any other hostage. obligated under the agreement to return four deceased hostages. the idf also say that forensic tests show not killed in an air strike

ariel, the floor is your. >> thank you so much. and let me thank doug for including me in this really interesting exercise. might roll the report was to think about children. we think about children we think about families. one of the first impressions that i want to leave you with is that we were not able to aggregate metrics up. we have macroeconomic conditions and that we have individual level conditions. but, one of the things i think about when i read this report as they are nested in families and communities. we think about children flourishing we want to think about the interrelatedness of a number of these conditions and how they shape child development which of course is the future of our nation. so, as we heard at the beginning we have some good times and some worry sometimes. decrease in children's mortality and increase in life expectancy. those are good at quantitative measures that reflect advances in medicine. so from a quantitative perspective that is good. that should be comforting. and then, when i think we think

ariel, the floor is yours. ariel: terrific, thank you so much. let me just thank doug for including me in this interesting exercise. so i am a developmental psychologist, and my role on the report was to think about children. but i also think when we think about children, we need to think about families. one of the first impressions i want to leave you with is we were not able to aggregate a lot of these metrics up. we have some macroeconomic conditions, and then we have some individual level conditions. one of the things i think about when i read this report, especially when i think about children, is that they are nested in families and communities. when we think about children flourishing, we want to think about the interrelatedness of a number of these conditions and how they shape child development , which of course is the future of our nation. so as we heard at the beginning, we have some good signs and we have some worrisome signs. i think we have a decrease in children's mortality and we have an increase in life expectancy. i think those

shiri bibas fear clutching nine month old kfir and four year old ariel etched in israel's collective memory. the young family from nir oz became icons for hope over despair. israelis riding an emotional roller coaster over their fate. worryingly, shiri, kfir and ariel not released with 105 other hostages freed during the first pause in fighting. november 2023. >> oh. >> oh sure, his husband jordan's fate was also unknown. he too disappeared october 7th. believed taken to gaza. the first news of shiri shafir and ariel coming late 2023, when hamas claimed they were killed in an israeli air strike, releasing a propaganda video exploiting emotional sensitivities of yarden, blaming the israeli government for their deaths. the idf called it psychological terror. months later, this security camera video captured by the idf, appearing to show shiri soon after her abduction, but until this day, the idf, unable to confirm the fate of the family, cautioning against hamas statements. when jordan was finally freed by hamas three weeks ago, everyone in israel understood the heartbreaking news awai

hamas was due to return the remains of shiri bibas four—year—old brother ariel.were taken during the october 7th attacks but israel says tests on the body supposed to be shiri show that it's not hers. murdered — hamas says they were killed in an israeli air strike. and demanded shiri's return. separately, israel's defence minister has ordered increased to tel aviv. there are no reports of any injuries. charlotte gallagher reports. shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel and kfir, the video of the distraught mother clinging on to her two redheaded children was seen across the world. hamas announced the family had died in november 2023 — claiming they'd been killed in an israeli air strike. but it wasn't until yesterday that their remains and those of 84—year—old peace campaigner oded lifshitz were supposedly returned to israel. before being driven away by the red cross. the return of the dead. the fourth body was not that of the boys�* mother, shiri bibas. the idf also say that forensic tests show that shiri's sons not killed in an air strike. for those waiting

until the bodies are identified, but hamas said they are shiri bibas and her children — four—year—old arielix living hostages are scheduled to be freed in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners on saturday. in one single swap, all of the hostages in the second phase of the ceasefire deal, now, israel has said for its part that it would only accept a post—war gaza without the presence of hamas. so even though the negotiations on phase two of the ceasefire now, tomorrow, thursday, is going to be the first day family, whose two sons were the youngest of those kidnapped on the 7th of october. tomorrow and then on saturday, six living hostages will come back on saturday, hundreds of palestinian prisoners and today, an indictment was filed against five israeli prisoner last year in detention, who was left to his rectal area. added to the pressure on israel over the conduct of the war in gaza. luiz inacio lula da silva. figure, who hasn't been named. president bolsonaro. presidentjair bolsonaro. on tuesday night, the top prosecutor in brazil that is when the criminal proceedings will poten

the three. >> family members. >> shari and her two. >> children. >> kfir and ariel and kefir. >> wasd when he, along with his older brother and mother, were abducted and the father, yarden, who. >> was released. >> a couple of weeks ago. what you're seeing there are images of sort of this very stage managed ceremony that. hamas put on inside of the gaza strip in khan yunis, so the remains were taken to a forensic facility. they are being tested to ascertain with 100% certainty that, indeed, they are the remains of ariel and shiri, as well as the body of oded. now this is one of the oldest hostages. >> who was taken. >> on october 7th from kibbutz nir oz in. >> his mid 80s. we in fact had. >> spoken to his daughter last week and she told us that she's. holding out. >> hope, but that she felt like. >> you know, he wouldn't. >> have. been able. >> to survive more than a year in captivity in. hamas captivity. and those are t four pictures of. the deceased. >> hostages who. >> were handed back now on saturday, ana, we expect six live hostages. these will be the six last hostages, live hos

ariel, thanks for being with us. and just give us a sense. tell us what you were working on at the centers for medicare and medicaid innovation, because you actually tweeted at elon musk about it. >> thank you so much for having me. so i worked at the centers for medicare and medicaid innovation, which was a small office inside of the larger agency that runs medicare and medicaid. and the goal of all of our programs is to make medicare and medicaid more efficient and improve outcomes. i was specifically staffed to a maternal health project, so we were working on improving maternal health outcomes in medicaid, and we were trying to do that at lower cost. and so it's particularly frustrating because it feels like our office was actually very well aligned with the mission of doge. um, not all of the models have been, um, financially or have have generated savings, but they've all, you know, improved outcomes or made some sort of positive change. but if the models don't accrue savings, they're terminated. and, um, and so that we can keep things r

ariel four years old. the handoff was also said to include the bodies of their mother, shiri, as well as 83 year old oded lifshitz. the remains are now being transferred to a forensic institute in tel aviv. you can see the convoy there. some israelis are still holding out hope going forward. >> so. shiri and and the kids. became a symbol. i'm sure they are. doesn't want it. but. yeah, i'm still hope that they will be. alive. >> well, that kibbutz suffered so much on the day. october 7th, cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in jerusalem. nic, tell us, i mean, the faces of those two young babies become became really powerful faces of october 7th. the youngest victims there, their smiles, you see their pictures everywhere in israel. tell us about the impact of of the hope that they might have survived disappearing. >> yeah. and i think as well, another image that sort of seared into the collective memory of this country is that of shiri trying to protect, uh, kefir and ariel as as she's being

hostages were returned by hamas earlier in the week, including the bodies of two children, kfir and ariel bibas. with us now is abby owen. she is an israeli american who had relatives killed on october 7th. her cousin, ofir calderon, was released by hamas earlier this month as part of the cease fire agreement. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for. >> having me. >> so i wonder if you can give me your reaction to today's hostage releases and the return of the bodies earlier in the week. >> in so. >> many ways, it really. describes what it feels like to be israeli. to go from the depths. >> of sadness. >> and heartbreak. >> on thursday, um, when the. >> children were returned, when we understood that they had been. brutally murdered at the hands of hamas. >> um. >> to get a coffin back that didn't have sherry in it, and. >> to finally. >> have her returned and confirmed dead. to have oded. >> come home. >> 84 years old, killed at the hands of hamas, and 36 hours later get living hostages home. we go from sadness to joy. omer shem tov is a hostage that lives in my neighborhoo

ariel was four years old. let's get right to cnn's nic robertson in jerusalem. i know this is a very somber day for the entire country. nic. >> it's a very, very difficult day for the country, not least because they have followed the fate of the bibas family. the images are seared in people's mind of that moment that shiri shielding with her arms. her two young sons, kefir and ariel, trying to protect them as hamas was taken away, the absolute fear that video seared into people's minds here, a roller coaster of emotion over the last 503 days since they were taken. the fate of them, the fate of the husband that was released just a few weeks ago. all of that and emotional as well, because the community, the kibbutz that they came from, nir oz, was one of the hardest hit, the most hostages taken from there, more than 70, 117 people killed or taken hostage from there. the only community that the idf did not get to before hamas and the other groups had left. they felt very alone. so at all those levels, the country grieving for them today and feeling that pain. so ma

the bodies of shiri bibas's two sons — four—year—old ariel and ten—month old kfir — were released onring them with their "bare hands",, then committing horrific our middle east correspondent mark lowen sent this report. well, for the bibas family, the emotional a body that hamas said was that of shiri bibas, but found under the rubble in gaza. but now, hamas says they have found the body of shiri bibas and that they have handed that coffin over to the red cross. it is that of mrs bibas. a reminder that she and her husband, yarden, and their two little boys — ariel, who was just four were seized in that hamas attack. today, there was fury from israel's government, claiming that hamas had violated the ceasefire by not handing over the body of shiri bibas. but now hamas says they have found her and that that body is going to be identified. and it all comes a day before the next exchange of living hostages on saturday, when we expect six israeli palestinian prisoners. 21 at the time, an israeli served a tank commander in served as a tank commander in the israeli security services. his pa

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the terrified woman, last seen cradling her infant sons ariel and kfir on october the seventh.le repellent. hours later came news that shiri had not been returned after all. these hamas monsters also cynically refused to bring back the boy's mother, shiri, and sent the body of a gazan today, the heavens shake. hamas claims all three were killed in an air strike. after last night's detailed forensic examination, but what about their mother? palestinians". may have played a part. body, or doesn't know where the real body is. we have to understand that we're talking about a war for the bibas family and their supporters, there's quiet fury towards the group that took them and the government that failed to get them back. terrorist organisation, and it was israel's the return of bodies has onlyjust begun, to be dead. hamas probably doesn't hold them all. finances in january. it means rachel reeves may have to increase meanwhile, retailsales rebounded injanuary, mainly there was a more cheerful tune coming from uk and i like, i've always been a bit that way, but yeah, it's certainly y

a mother's terror as she sought to protect her young sons, hamas says shiri, her boys kfir and ariel,israeli soil, a solemn convoy as the bodies and digested, a wave of grief. the bibas family have come to symbolise the hopes and fears of a nation. in two days' time, the mood here in hostages square will change again as the country prepares to welcome home another six living hostages. but the trauma of october 7th has not faded away, 72 people were killed by an air strike on this building exactly a year ago. "we just want to bury them." they can lay the dead to rest, but the war still isn't over. the grief is endless. spain's former football boss, luis rubiales, has been found guilty of sexual assault, after kissing a player without her consent. the spanish strikerjenni hermoso and her team mates were being handed head and kissed her. here's katie gornall. days ofjenni hermoso's life. instead, this now infamous and unwanted kiss from herfederation president tarnished everything. the incident in 2023 sparked global outrage and saw luis rubiales and it was her version of events that was

mom shiri and her young sons ariel and kfir along with the body of 84-year-old oded lifshitz. video of the bibas family being object deducted was widely seen on line withshiri clutching her boys in her arms. just 4 and nineth old at the time. the family's fate has not unknown for much of the war and the red-headed boys have come to symbolize the nation's agony following the october 7th attack. the husband and father was freed from captivity earlier this month. lifshitz was a lifelong peace activist and would drive people to medical appointments in israel. >>> to the winter weather slamming parts of the southeast. the storm brought heavy show to to virginia and north carolina, and made a mess of the roads. multiple crashes around norfolk, virginia, stopped traffic on a major interstate. vehicles were pulled from ditches, and drivers are urged to stay off the roads. both virginia and north carolina are under a state of emergency. up to a foot of snow fell near virginia's coast, and dangerous ice coated the roads in north carolina. >>> and lingering snow showers could dump anothe

. ♪ the fighters handed over the bodies of 4-year-old ariel bibas and his 9 month old brother kfir.ir mother shiri was not among them. the family has become an indelible symbol of the october 7 terror attack. and as the convoy made its way into israel, mourners lined the streets to pay their respects. the fragile cease-fire in gaza is approaching the end of its first phase. on saturday six more living hostages are expected to be freed. this woman's son edan will not be among them. >> every release of course i'm crying and feeling it's very, very emotional. i also cry because it's not edan. it's not my boy. >> reporter: originally from new jersey, edan is thought to be the last living american hostage. he volunteered for the israeli army after finishing school and is only due to be released in the second stage of the deal. negotiations for that have not met begun. do you feel that the israeli government owes you something? >> of course. he came to protect israel. where is israel? they need to protect him. they need to bring him home. >> reporter: her message for pime minister benjami

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