Israel has provided no details on killing of captives: Bibas family

Israeli authorities have not provided relatives with any details regarding the killing of three captives who were taken to Gaza during the October 7 attack by Hamas fighters, the Bibas family said in a statement.

"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," the statement read. 

"The family has not received any such details from official sources," it said, following an Israeli military announcement that the two young sons of captive Shiri Bibas were killed by "terrorists with their bare hands".

"Any such publication adds deep pain to the family at this time."

Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Kfir and Ariel, were taken by fighters on the day of the attack, and their bodies were handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week.