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REPORT | The Bibas family has stated that they have received no official details about how their loved ones died and have asked the media to stop publishing unverified reports. Their request comes after Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari claimed in a televised statement that Hamas militants “did not shoot the two young boys — they killed them with their bare hands.” He further alleged that militants then “committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities.” Hagari said this assessment was based on “forensic findings from the identification process and intelligence that supports these findings,” adding that Israel had shared this information with its international partners. But, not a shred of evidence was shared publicly to support any of these claims. And, it appears not even with the Bibas family. “Any publication of details (including references to the treatment of the bodies) is against the family’s wishes, and we ask that this be avoided,” a statement by the family said. “The family has not received any such details from official sources,” it added. This complete lack of proof did not stop various prominent figures and media personalities from uncritically repeating Israeli military claims. Here is a partial list: 🧵⬇️ 1. NY Governor Kathy Hochul
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NEWS | New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that 14 state landmarks would be lit orange this evening to honor the Bibas children, claiming that they “were murdered by Hamas during their captivity in Gaza.” Uncritically echoing Israeli propaganda, she added, the boys were “brutally murdered by Hamas in an act of callous and unthinkable cruelty.” Israel’s military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, who previously made false claims about Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital being a “Hamas command and control center,” stated that Hamas killed the children with their “bare hands,” without sharing any evidence to back that claim. Israeli authorities have repeatedly spread racist fabrications, including the now widely debunked claims of mass rapes on October 7 and 40 beheaded babies, to justify Israel’s ongoing genocide against the indigenous Palestinian population. Hamas maintains that the boys and their mother were killed in an Israeli airstrike in November 2023, and the group offered to return their bodies in 2023. However, the fugitive from international war crimes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, refused.
