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Israels U.N. ambassador condemns Hamas after return of Bibas family, calls on U.N. to act
Summary
Ambassador Danny Danon said bodies of returned hostages from the Bibas family were mutilated and urged the United Nations to condemn Hamas; he said a planned phase-one hostage release was delayed after footage showed parading of hostages.
Israels permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Danny Danon, said Tuesday that the recovered bodies of members of the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz showed signs of mutilation and called on the U.N. to condemn Hamas for the killings.
"For 500 days, we prayed, we fought, and we hoped to bring our dead home," Danon said in a U.N. press briefing. "Hamas didn't just murder them, they slaughtered them in the most depraved way imaginable." He detailed allegations that the victims were killed and their bodies altered to conceal the crimes.
Danon said the alleged mutilation and killing of small children should…
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