(DC Pundit) – The depravity knows no bounds. On Thursday morning, Hamas terrorists released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two murdered young children, in a move that can only be described as a grotesque display of inhumanity. While the world should be reeling with righteous anger, the response from many in the media has been muted, to say the least.
The body of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage taken at just nine months old, was paraded through the streets to celebratory music along with the bodies of his brother, Ariel, only four when he was kidnapped, and a body said to be of their mother, Shiri, 33. The body of Oded Lifshitz, 84, was also released. It’s difficult to imagine a more horrific scene: innocent children, brutally murdered, their bodies used as props in a macabre propaganda display. And some people want to tell us there are “good people” on both sides of this conflict.
Let’s be clear: Hamas is not a political organization; it’s a terrorist group whose sole mission is the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews. Anyone who defends or excuses their actions is complicit in their barbarity.
During the transfer of the bodies to the Red Cross for return to Israel, cheering Gazans lined the streets with celebratory music. Think about that for a moment. People celebrating the murder of babies.
Disturbing new details are emerging about how the two were murdered by Hamas. According to IDF medical examiners, Kfir and Ariel were brutally choked to death. Choked to death. These monsters snuffed out the lives of two innocent children with their bare hands.
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari shared in a televised statement, “We can confirm that baby Kfir Bibas, aged just 10 months old, and his older brother Ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while being held hostage in Gaza no later than November 2023.”
He continued, “These two innocent children were taken hostage alive, together along with their mother, Shiri, from their home on October 7, 2023.”
Hagari went on to say, “Contrary to Hamas’s lies, Ariel and Kfir were not killed in an airstrike. Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by terrorists in cold blood.” In other words, Hamas, ever the reliable source of information, tried to blame Israel for the deaths of the children they themselves murdered.
“The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys — they killed them with their bare hands.” The sheer brutality of this act defies comprehension.
NOW – Israeli military says Hamas beat baby hostages to death with bare hands. pic.twitter.com/mFN611c1zc
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 21, 2025
The Bibas brothers were choked to death in Gaza, according to the IDF medical examiners.
Their father, Yarden, wanted the world to know what the barbarians did to his children.
Let the world know.
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) February 21, 2025
In an additional disturbing twist, the body thought to have been the boys’ mother, Shiri Bibas, that was returned alongside the children could not be identified by Israeli military, said forensic testing.
Instead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleges Hamas had “put the body of a Gazan woman in a coffin.” If true, this is yet another example of Hamas’s cynical manipulation and utter disregard for human dignity.
Ismail al-Thawabta, a spokesman for the terrorist organization, suggests Shiri’s remains had been mixed up with other bodies under rubble after an Israeli air strike. Again, Hamas attempts to deflect blame and spread disinformation.
The media’s response to this atrocity has been, to put it mildly, underwhelming. While they are quick to condemn Israel for any perceived wrongdoing, they seem hesitant to call out Hamas for their blatant acts of terrorism. It’s a double standard that is both infuriating and dangerous.
Hamas is a terrorist organization that must be eradicated. Their continued existence poses a threat to civilized society. We must stand unequivocally with Israel in their fight against these monsters and demand that they be held accountable for their crimes. The memories of Kfir and Ariel Bibas demand nothing less.
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