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Roya News
3 days ago
- Roya News
Body of Thai captive recovered from Gaza, says 'Israeli' army
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced on Saturday that they have recovered the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national who had been held captive in Gaza. According to the IOF, the operation took place in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip. Nattapong Pinta was captured from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and died while in captivity. After the body was recovered, it underwent identification by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in coordination with the 'Israel' Police. In their statement, the 'Israeli' army also reported that Hamas continues to hold the body of another foreign national. Previously, on Thursday, the IOF announced the recovery of remains of other captives killed during the October 7 events, in a special military operation conducted in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, with the involvement of the 'Israel' Security Agency (Shin Bet).
Hans India
13-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Maha Cabinet clears concessional stamp duty of Rs 1,000 for Nagpur Smart City project affected persons
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday, approved the levy of a stamp duty of Rs 1,000 for registration of the lease deed of houses allotted in Mauja Punapur under 'Home Sweet Home' to those affected by the Nagpur Smart City project. According to the government release, 28 houses have been allotted to those affected by the Smart City Project. A stamp duty of around Rs 40,000 to 45,000 was to be paid while registering the deed for these houses. However, the Cabinet approved the concessional stamp duty of Rs 1,000 against Rs 40,000-50,000 for the registration of those houses. This was on the lines of the stamp duty of Rs 1,000 charged for houses provided under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Meanwhile, the Cabinet also approved the allotment of land in Chincholi (Tel. Kamthi, Dist. Nagpur) to the Nagpur sub-centre of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine. The National University of Forensic Science in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is the only university of international standard under the Ministry of Home Affairs. A sub-centre of this university is to be started in Nagpur. The sub-centre will be temporarily set up on lease in the building of Vishwas Cell, Police Help Centre Building, Parsodi-Subhash Nagar, Nagpur. The Union Home Ministry has approved a grant of Rs 120 crore for this sub-centre for 2025-28, said the government release. The land will be given to provide permanent premises for this sub-centre, which will benefit the officers and employees of the Directorate of Judicial Scientific Laboratories, Mumbai and all the regional laboratories and small laboratories under its jurisdiction. It will also benefit judges, police officers, employees, medical officers and government prosecutors. The sub-centre will also help in speeding up the justice delivery process. Maha Cabinet clears concessional stamp duty of Rs 1,000 for Nagpur Smart City project affected persons
Arab News
22-02-2025
- Arab News
Autopsy on Bibas hostages shows ‘no evidence of injuries by bombing': expert
JERUSALEM: An autopsy conducted on the remains of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas and her two young boys after they were handed over by Hamas militants found 'no evidence of injuries caused by a bombing,' a top forensic expert said Saturday. 'We have identified the remains of Shiri Bibas, two days after identifying her children, Ariel and Kfir. Our examination found no evidence of injuries caused by (a) bombing,' Chen Kugel, director of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine said in a video statement. Shiri Bibas and her sons were seized by militants on October 7, 2023 during the attack by Hamas on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. Shiri's husband and the father of the two boys, Yarden Bibas, had also been abducted but was released alive earlier this month. Since their abduction, Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Ariel who was then aged four, and Kfir, then only nine months, had become symbols of Israel's hostage ordeal. On Thursday, Hamas handed over four bodies, saying they were of Shiri Bibas, her two young sons, and an elderly hostage. While the remains of her two sons and the elderly hostage were identified positively, Israeli authorities said the fourth body was not that of Shiri Bibas, sparking anger and grief across the country. But on Friday, Hamas — which blamed a possible 'mix-up' of bodies — handed over new remains to the Red Cross, which were later identified to be that of Shiri Bibas. Hamas has long insisted that an Israeli air strike killed Bibas and her sons early in the war. However, the Israeli military asserts instead that they were killed by militants and even said that the two children were killed in 'cold blood.' '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,' military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement on Friday. 'Afterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities,' he added. The Bibas family described the deaths of the three hostages as murder, but asked that the manner of the death not be shared publicly. 'The family has not received any such details from official sources,' it said in a statement earlier on Saturday. 'The family requests to cease adding details regarding the fact that Shiri and the children were murdered by their captors. 'Yarden and the family want the world to know this was murder, without delving into any specifics,' it said. On Saturday, Hamas reiterated that the Bibas family was not killed in captivity in Gaza. 'The false allegations that the criminal (Israeli) occupation is disseminating about the death of the Bibas children at the hands of their captors are merely baseless lies and fabrications,' Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statement.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Remains of Shiri Bibas, mom of two killed, allegedly returned to Israel following Hamas' broken promise
The body of a woman who was presumed to have been one of four slain hostages murdered in cold blood by Hamas and handed over to Israel this week was allegedly turned over by the terror group on Friday. Hamas handed over a coffin allegedly carrying the remains of Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross. The coffin was then turned over to Israeli authorities, who will transport it to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification. The development follows Israel's demand for the return of Bibas' body after discrepancies were found in a previous transfer on Thursday. Hamas Frees Three More Hostages In Exchange For More Than 300 Prisoners As Part Of Ceasefire Deal With Israel Bibas was initially believed to have been one of four hostages handed over to Israel on Thursday, following confirmation by Hamas. However, Israel's National Institute of Forensic Medicine could only verify the identities of her two children. It was discovered that the body in a coffin bearing Shiri Bibas' name and photo was an unidentified woman, and not the kidnapped mother of two, causing widespread outrage in Israel. Read On The Fox News App The two children were identified as Ariel and Kfir Bibas, ages four and ten months, who were killed by Hamas terrorists with their bare hands, Israel said. The fourth body was not identified but was believed to be Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist and activist. The Israel Defense Forces said it was in contact with the Bibas family. Terror Group Responds After Failing To Return The Body Of Murdered Hostage Shiri Bibas "For months, we prayed for the Bibas babies to come home. Yesterday, our worst nightmare was confirmed," IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said, "Kfir and Ariel were murdered in cold blood. The terrorists didn't shoot them—they killed them with their bare hands. Then, they committed horrific acts to cover up their crimes." In response to the findings, the Hostages and Missing Families forum said it was "shaken to the core by the horrifying findings." "This barbaric act is yet another undeniable testament to the unfathomable brutality of those who continue to hold our loved ones captive," the group said in a statement. "The very same hands that slaughtered Ariel and Kfir are the ones keeping our fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in unimaginable conditions." "Today is a tragic day," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday. "It's a day of boundless sorrow, of indescribable pain. Four-year-old Ariel Bibas, his baby brother one-year-old Kfir, and 84-year-old Oded Lifshitz were brutally murdered by Hamas savages." Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, said that Hamas "continues to violate every basic moral value," even after the death of the two children. "Instead of returning Shiri, the mother of Kfir and Ariel, Hamas returned an unidentified body, as if it were a worthless shipment. This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel," he added. The young boys and their mother were abducted from their home by Hamas terrorists during the terror group's deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack. Yarden Bibas, Ariel and Kfir's father, tried to protect them and was abducted prior to the kidnapping of his wife and children, the IDF said. Yarden returned as part of the agreement for the return of the hostages on Feb. 1. Netanyahu said that Hamas will pay "the full price" for not following through with returning Shiri Bibas' body. "God will save their blood, and we will take revenge, too," he said. Fox News' Yonat Friling contributed to this report. Original article source: Remains of Shiri Bibas, mom of two killed, allegedly returned to Israel following Hamas' broken promise
Al Jazeera
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Hamas probes Israeli claim returned body was not female captive in Gaza
The Palestinian armed group Hamas has said it was investigating Israel's claim that one of the bodies it handed over to Israel on Thursday as part of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal was not that of female captive Shiri Bibas. In a statement released on Friday, Hamas said there might have been 'the possibility of an error or overlap in the bodies' as it promised to 'clearly' announce the findings of its probe. The group added the mix-up may have been the result of Israeli forces bombing 'the place where the family was with other Palestinians'. 'We have received the occupation's allegations and claims from the mediator brothers, and we will examine these claims with complete seriousness, and we will announce the results clearly,' the statement said. The response came after the Israeli army said the remains of the two returned child captives, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, had been identified by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and Israel Police. However, it said a third body was not that of their 32-year-old mother, as Hamas had claimed, or any other captive. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then accused Hamas of committing a 'cruel and evil' violation of the ceasefire deal, which has brought a weeks-long pause in 15 months of fighting and the gradual release of both Palestinian and Israeli captives. 'We will act with determination to bring Shiri home along with all our hostages – both living and dead – and ensure Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement,' Netanyahu said. Hamas had handed over the four bodies, which also included the remains of 83-year-old captive Oded Lifshitz, in the final days of the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. As part of that phase, six living captives were also set to be released by Hamas on Saturday in exchange for 602 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, the Palestinian group has said. Hamas identified those to be released from captivity in Gaza as Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto. Israel, Hamas trade blame over captive deaths Hamas and Israel have offered opposing accounts of how the Bibas family and Lifshitz were killed, putting further stress on the delicate deal. The Israeli military said Friday that intelligence assessments and forensic analysis of the bodies of the Bibas children indicated that they were deliberately killed by their captors. They did not provide further details on the claim. The director of the Gaza Government Media office on Friday again laid the blame for the deaths on Netanyahu. Hamas had previously announced that the four had been killed in an Israeli air attack in November 2023. 'Netanyahu himself is the one who issued orders for the direct and merciless bombing, and he is the one who bears full responsibility for killing her and her children with horrific brutality,' Ismail al-Thawabta wrote on the social media site, X. The Bibas family has also laid the blame for the deaths on Netanyahu, with Shiri Bibas's sister-in-law, Ofri Bibas, saying it was Israeli officials' 'responsibility and obligation to bring them back alive'. 'There is no forgiveness for abandoning them on October 7, and no forgiveness for abandoning them in captivity. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, we did not receive an apology from you in this painful moment,' she said in a statement. For its part, the Red Cross, which has been overseeing the captive releases, has criticised Hamas for releasing the bodies of the captives in a public event. The humanitarian organisation told the Reuters news agency it was 'concerned and unsatisfied' that Thursday's handover of the bodies had not been conducted privately. The latest developments come as mediators are seeking a breakthrough in talks on the ceasefire's second phase. That period, which has only been agreed to by the parties in principle, is meant to see the release of all remaining captives in Gaza in exchange for a permanent end to the war. But Mohamad Bazzi, an associate professor at New York University, told Al Jazeera that the 'tremendous public anger whipped up inside Israel' over the controversy surrounding the bodies is heaping pressure on Netanyahu from within his own government to resume fighting after the first phase is complete. Bazzi said that the Israeli right-wing had seized on the moment to press for a return to war. For its part, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, one of the main groups representing families of captives held in Gaza, said they were 'horrified and devastated' by the news that Shiri Bibas's body had not been returned. They called for the ceasefire to continue so that the dozens of captives still held in the Palestinian enclave could be released. 'Save them from this nightmare,' the group said in a statement.
