Israeli Gov., UN Slam Hamas Terrorists for Sickening Ceremony Celebrating Murdered Hostages

Hamas terrorists paraded – to the delight of assembled Palestinians – coffins containing the four kedoshim, the Bibas family; mother Shiri and her two young sons, infant Kefir and toddler Ariel, along with theelderly Oded Lifshitz, in a gut wrenching ceremony Thursday, sparking widespread condemnation from Israel and abroad.

Though Israel was told that the four include the Bibas family; mother Shiri Hy”d and her two young children, infant Kefir Hy”d and toddler Ariel Hy”d, as well as the elderly Oded Lifshitz, only the latter has been confirmed by forensic investigators in Israel.

Oded’s family said: “We had hoped and prayed so much for a different outcome. Now we can mourn the husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who has been missing from us since October 7.”

The Israeli government called Hamas a “death cult” after the horrific ceremony.
“Hamas is not a resistance movement. Hamas is a death cult that murders, that tortures and parades dead bodies,” government spokesman David Mencer told reporters.

“On this day we are all united,” says Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a video message. “We are all united in unbearable grief.”

“We all ache with pain that is mixed with rage. We are all furious at the monsters of Hamas,” he says, adding that Israel must “settle the score with the vile murderers — and we will settle the score.”

“We will bring back all our hostages, destroy the murderers, eliminate Hamas, and together — with G-d’s help — we will secure our future,” he pledges.

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz promised to destroy the terror group.

“The heart of the entire nation is mourning today,” says Katz on X.

“Hamas abducted, Hamas murdered, Hamas will be destroyed,” he says.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says that the “horrific and repulsive spectacle of twisted and monstrous minds” that Hamas displayed is proof that all of Palestinian society must be cured from “a deep sickness.”

“It is clear that the systematic poisoning of the younger generation in Palestinian society (in Gaza just as Yehudah and Shomrom) is eliminating any chance for peace…A root canal treatment is required. The Palestinian terrorist armies must be eradicated and defeated. Gaza must be completely demilitarized.”

The UN rights chief said that the ceremony was abhorrent and contravenes international law.

“Under international law, any handover of the remains of deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,” Volker Turk says in a statement.