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Mujahideen Brigades
كتائب المجاهدين
Kataeb al-Mujahideen
Also known as
Other translations and transliterations
    • Hebrew: לוחמי הקודש, romanized: Lohmi Hakodsh, lit. ' Holy Warriors '. [a]
    • Hebrew: גדודי לוחמי הקודש, romanized: Gdudi Lohmi Hakodsh, lit. 'Holy Warriors Brigades'. [b]
    • Hebrew: גדודי אל-מוג'אהדין, romanized: Gdudi al‑Mujahideen. [c] . [2]
    • Hebrew: כתאיב אל-מוג'אהדין, romanized: Kataeb al‑Mujahideen. [d]
    • Al-Mujahideen Brigades. [3]
    • Kataeb Al-Mujahidin. [4]
    • Kataib Mujahideen. [5] [6]
    • Persian: گردان های مجاهدین, lit. ' Mojahedin Battalions'. [e]
Founder Omar Attia Abu Sharia, [f] [7] [8]
Arabic: عمر عطية أبو شريعة Kunya: Abu Hafs. [9] [10] Arabic: أبو حفص
Secretary GeneralDr. As'ad Abu Shari'a, [11] [12] [13]
Arabic: أسعد أبو شريعة
SpokesmanAbu Bilal. [g]
Arabic: أبو بلال
Foundation2006
Split from Infobox al-Aqsa.png Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades [3]
CountryPalestine
AllegianceFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Palestinian Joint Operations Room [h]
Headquarters Khan Younis
Active regions
Ideology
Major actions Kidnapping of the Bibas family
StatusActive
Part of
Allies
Opponents
Battles and wars
Designated as a terrorist group byFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Website www.km-pal.ps
Martyrs of the Occupied Interior
شهداء الداخل المحتل
Also known as"Dāham"
Arabic: داهم
CountryIsrael
AllegianceFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Active regions
Ideology anti-Zionism
StatusActive
SizeSmall
OpponentsFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestinian Authority [i]

Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic : كتائب المجاهدين, romanized: Kataeb al-Mujahideen) is an armed wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic : حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanized: Harakat al-Mujāhidīn al-Filastīnīa). The brigades operate in the Occupied Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and The West Bank, (including Jenin). [11]

The Mujahideen Brigades operate independently of Hamas but collaborates closely with militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing, Saraya Al Quds. [27] [28]

Political and militant wings

The political wing is the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic : حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanized: Haraka al-Mujahidīn al-FilisTīnīa). [11] [j] is one of the most prominent Islamic factions of the Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.[ citation needed ]

The Mujahideen Brigades are the militant wing. The Brigades operate independently of Hamas but collaborates closely with militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing, Saraya Al Quds. [27] [28]

History

The organization was founded by Omar Abu Sharia (Arabic : عمر أبو شريعة), [8] [7] [7] [13] in 2006, [8] [7] or in 2001 at the beginning of the Second Intifada. [7] [29]

The Mujahideen Brigades – and their political wing the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement – began as a break-away faction of the Fatah movement. Before the schism, the Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic : كتائب المجاهدين, romanized: Kataeb Mujahideen) were known as the Martyr Jamal Al-Amari Brigade and they were part of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. [k] As they grew they changed their name from Mujahideen Battalion (Arabic : كتيبة المجاهدين, romanized: Katība al-Mujahidīn) to the Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic : كتائب المجاهدين, romanized: Kataeb al-Mujahidīn). [30]

Leadership

The leader of the Mujahideen Brigades and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement is Dr. Asad Abu Sharia (Arabic : أسعد أبو شريعة, romanized: As'ad Abu Shari'a). [12] [11] [12]

The leaders and founders of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and Mujahideen Brigades are from the Al-Hasayna (Arabic : الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic : أبو شريعة) families in Gaza, and have Bedouin heritage. [9]

Omar Abu Sharia

The organization was founded in 2006 by Omar Abu Sharia (Arabic : عمر أبو شريعة). [8] Abu Sharia, 30, was wounded in a targeted killing by Israel in 2006. He died of his injuries 6 or 7 months later, according to a statement by allied group Saraya al-Quds. [31] [28] [32] daraya

Militant activity

The Mujahideen Brigades have claimed responsibility for direct fights against Israel and are known to operate in cooperation with other Palestinian militant groups. [11]

The Mujahideen Brigades' primary role is engaging in armed guerrilla warfare against Israel, focusing on both direct military confrontations and rocket fire. Their operations have been part of the larger conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups. [33] They conduct military training and maneuvers in the Gaza Strip. These drills and training are aimed at enhancing their fighters' combat skills and simulating offensive operations against Israeli targets. [33]

Over the years,[ when? ] the movement became a member of the Hamas-led government in Gaza [ clarification needed ] and cooperated with it in operations, supplying weapons and training. [2]

2012 hostage taking plans

In 2012, a cell of the movement from Hebron and the Gaza Strip planned to kidnap an Israeli citizen, as a bargaining chip for the release of members of the movement imprisoned in Israel. [34]

2021 Israel–Palestine crisis

The Mujahideen Brigades took part in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. [35]

Israel–Hamas war

The Mujahideen Brigades participated in the Israel–Hamas war, attacking Israeli forces in the Gaza Envelope, [15] the Gaza Strip, [36] [37] and the West Bank. [36] [37] They joined the 7 October 2023 attacks initiated by Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades military wing. [15] During the raid that day, the Mujahideen Brigades kidnapped three members of the Bibas family, a fourth Bibas family member was separately captured by Hamas' militants. [38] [22] [39] [40]

Media coverage

The Mujahideen Brigades were largely ignored by the media for the first few months of the Israel–Hamas war, until their videos were broadcast by Arabic language news channels like Al Jazeera Mubasher (Al Jazeera Live) and Al Araby TV in early 2024. Some propaganda videos from the Mujahideen Brigades used a blue triangle to highlight targets, [41] [42] [43] in place of the red triangle used in videos made by the Qassam Brigades. [44] [45] [46]

Family casualties

The leaders and founders of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement are from the Al-Hasayna (Arabic : الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic : أبو شريعة) families in Gaza, and have Bedouin roots. [9] [10] On 23 November 2023, the homes of the Al-Hasayna (Arabic : الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic : أبو شريعة) families were destroyed in an airstrike  [ ar ], that allegedly killed 93 Palestinians (Arabic : وليد زيارة). [47] [48] [49] Neither side acknowledged a possible target, and only civilians casualties were reported. [47] [49] On 23 November 2023 the secretary general of the Mujahedeen Movement, Asaad Abu Sharia, stated that numerous members of his immediate and extended family had been killed in airstrikes. [50] [51] The group said this included their leader's wife and children, his older brother Bassam Attia Abu Sharia, and multiple members of the leader's extended family. They also said the leader's family had been previously targeted at the beginning of the war, killing his sister and three generations of her family. [52] [53]

Kidnapping of the Bibas family

The Mujahideen Brigades were holding three members of the Bibas family hostage in Khan Yunis. [22] The group holding the Bibas family was shown to be the Mujahideen Brigades based on CCTV footage found in Khan Younis. [54] [38] [22]

They Mujahedeen Brigades explicitly claimed responsibility for the original kidnapping of the mother and two children from the Bibas family. [55] Yarden Bibas was captured separately by Hamas militants. [56] The family had a gun in the house for self defense, but it was inadequate against heavily armed militants from multiple factions. [57]

Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on 7 October 2023. Kfir was less than one year old at the time and the youngest hostage held by Gaza's militant factions. [58] The IDF claimed they were kidnapped by Hamas, but then said were held by "another group" after they were excluded from the 2023 Israeli–Palestinian prisoner exchange in November 2023. [39] Some sources claim "civilians" joined the attack at Nir Oz. [59]

In November 2023, Mujahideen Brigades stated on social media that the Bibas family was in their custody. [40]

Then on 29 November, during hostage negotiations, Hamas claimed Shiri Bibas and her children had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. [60] [61] [62] In November 2023 the IDF said they were not sure if the trio were being held by Hamas. [63] On 19 February, the IDF presented a video showing Shiri and the children still alive several days after the abduction. The video was apparently filmed in southern Gaza. [64] Hamas's Qassam Brigades published a video of Yarden Bibas being told his family had been killed. [65] Hamas offered to hand over the three bodies but Israel were "unresponsive". [66]

The statements by the Mujahideen Brigades themselves were mostly ignored outside of the Israel and the Arab world, but a later IDF announcement got international attention in February 2024. The group holding the Bibas family was confirmed to be the Mujahideen Brigades based on CCTV footage found in Khan Younis. [22] [58] [38]

Hamas had never released photos or other indirect evidence, but in November 2023, Hamas offered to release the three bodies and still living Yarden Bibas on compassionate grounds, but Israel had refused the offer. [67] [65] Israel described the offer as "psychological warfare". [65]

On 19 February 2024 the Mujahideen Brigades's spokesperson Abu Bilal confirmed that three members of the Bibas family had been killed in an Israeli airstrike about three weeks after being kidnapped by the Mujahideen Brigades on 7 October 2023. [68] [69] [70] He accused Netanyahu of "deliberately targeting them with his army's missiles to evade paying the price due for their liberation". [68] [71] [72] [73] [40]

Hamas also offered to release Yarden Bibas for the funeral in November 2023. [67] Yarden was in Hamas' own custody, separate from the other family members held by the Mujahideen Brigades. Israel rejected the offer and Yarden remained in Gaza for a further 14 months. When Yarden Bibas was released in early 2025, the IDF claimed that they still could not confirm if the other family members were alive or dead. [74] [75] Israel "demand Hamas clarify" their status. [76] According to the ceasefire deal living women and children were supposed to be released first and dead bodies last. [76]

On 17 February 2025 Hamas announced that the bodies of the Bibas family would be released with other dead hostages, as agreed by the ceasefire deal. [77] [78] [79] Some reports implied that Hamas themselves had decided for themselves to release the Bibas family's bodies first, and possibly ahead of schedule. The negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the Hamas movement "decided to hand over four bodies on Thursday, among them (those of) the Bibas family". [80]

When the Brigades released the bodies of Shirin Bibas and her children the Brigades stated that they themselves had captured the family and reiterated the accusations that the Israeli military has killed the family. [81] Despite this, some major news sources in the Western media, and far right leaders in the United States, falsely claimed the family had been captured by "Hamas" (the political wing associated with the Qassam Brigades), which contradicted even Israeli sources. [38] [22] [39] [40]

When the bodies were returned to Israel, Israeli operatives claimed that the body returned as Shirin Bibas was not the best. They claimed ruled out any other hostage with DNA testing and they IDF posted a tweet that described her as an "anonymous unidentified body". [82] [83]

The Mujahedeen Movement and Hamas Movement issued several statements in response. [84] [85] Hamas included a Hebrew translation of theirs.

Martyrs of the Occupied Interior

The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement has another militant division, whom they call the "Martyrs of the Occupied Interior" unit (Arabic : شهداء الداخل المحتل, romanized: Shuhadā' ad-Dākhil al-Muhtali), or "Dāham" (Arabic : داهم). [14] The unit focuses on attacks in Israel, inside the Green Line. [14] The FDD's Long War Journal describes the group as being active in the West Bank. [26] Their logo depicts a bird of prey with a batton. [26]

Rightly Guided Caliphs

The Mujahideen Brigades often promote or endorse a Palestinian religious group called the "Rightly Guided Caliphs" (Arabic : مجمع الخلفاء الراشدين الدعوي, romanized: Mujmae al-Khulafā' al-Rāshidīn al-Duewī). [86] [87]

Sanctions

Mujahideen Brigades are on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ("SDN List") of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). [88] According to OFAC, they also operate by the names "Al Mujahideen Brigades", "Ansar al-Mujahidin Movement", "Holy Warriors Battalion", and "Khatib Al-Mujahidin". [89] They are also under the US Trade Consolidated Screening List, meaning they're being restricted on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items. [89]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Translation of "Mujahideen".
  2. ↑ Hebrew translation of "Mujahideen" and "Kataeb".'"`UNIQ--ref-00000008-QINU`"'
  3. ↑ Hebrew transliteration of the Arabic of "Kataeb".
  4. ↑ Hebrew transliteration of the Arabic name.
  5. ↑ Persian translation of "Kataeb", Persian: گردان های, lit. 'Battalions'.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000011-QINU`"'
  6. ↑ Usually shortened to Omar Abu Sharia (Arabic: عمر أبو شريعة, romanized: Omar Abu Sharī'a), also spelled "Omar Abu Shari'a".'"`UNIQ--ref-00000013-QINU`"'
  7. ↑ '"`UNIQ--ref-0000001C-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000001D-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000001E-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000001F-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000020-QINU`"'
  8. 1 2 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000029-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000002A-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000002B-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000002C-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000002D-QINU`"'
  9. 1 2 Abbas government in Ramallah.
  10. ↑ The movement often use the unusual Romanization "mojahdeen" for themselves.
  11. ↑ The Fatah Party officially deny a continued convention to their armed wing, as of 2007.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000008A-QINU`"'

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  28. 1 2 3 "Military statement issued by the Al-Quds Brigades Al-Quds Brigades mourns one of the leaders of the Palestinian resistance, "Sheikh Omar Abu Sharia"" بيان عسكري صادر عن سرايا القدس سرايا القدس تزف أحد قادة المقاومة الفلسطينية "الشيخ عمر أبو شريعة. saraya.ps (in Arabic). Saraya Al-Quds - War Media. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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  44. ↑ "Al-Qassam Brigades publishes footage of targeting occupation vehicles and a building where soldiers were fortified east of Rafah" كتائب القسام تنشر مشاهد لاستهداف آليات الاحتلال ومبنى تحصن به جنود شرقي رفح. www.youtube.com/@AlarabyTv_News (in Arabic). العربي - أخبار Al Araby (TV channel). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024– via YouTube. (note, the Al-Qassam Brigades fighter in this video is using the word "mujahideen" in a general sense, not referring to the Mujahideen Brigades)
  45. ↑ "Al-Qassam Brigades publishes footage of targeting occupation vehicles in the axes of the incursion into the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip" كتائب القسام تنشر مشاهد استهداف آليات الاحتلال في محاور التوغل بمدينة رفح جنوب قطاع غزة. www.youtube.com/@AlarabyTv_News (in Arabic). العربي - أخبار Al Araby (TV channel). 22 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  46. ↑ "Al-Qassam broadcasts footage of the raid on the occupation headquarters in the Tel Za'rab area in Rafah" القسام تبث مشاهد للإغارة على مقر قيادة الاحتلال بمنطقة تل زعرب في رفح. www.youtube.com/@aljazeera Al Jazeera Arabic YouTube Channel (in Arabic). 10 July 2024 – via YouTube.
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  48. ↑ المجزرة مستمرة بغزة ..الاحتلال الاسرائيلي يدمر مربعات سكنية وعشرات ال… [The massacre continues in Gaza.. The Israeli occupation destroys residential blocks and dozens of…]. 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025.
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  52. ↑ "Thursday 23/11/2023 corresponding to 21 Jumada Al-Awwal 1445 AH". 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. وقد استهدف العدو أيضا في بداية العدوان أحد منازل عائلته حيث اسشتهدت أخته وزوجها وأبناءها وأحفادها وأبناء عمه وأبنائهم وأحفادهم ..
  53. ↑ Thursday 23 November 2023 corresponding to 21 Jumada Al-Awwal 1445 AH at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2025)
  54. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel; Staff, Toi. "IDF finds video of Bibas family in Gaza, 'very concerned' for mother, youngest hostages". www.australianjewishnews.com.
  55. ↑ كتائب المجاهدين: غارة إسرائيلية قتلت عائلة بيباس وتسليم جثامينهم الخميس [Mujahideen Brigades: Israeli raid killed Bibas family, their bodies to be handed over on Thursday]. palinfo.com (in Arabic). 19 February 2025. وقال أبو بلال الناطق باسم كتائب المجاهدين في تصريح صحفي: ضمن إطار المرحلة الأولى من اتفاق تبادل الأسرى مع المقاومة الفلسطينية سيتم بحول الله غدا الخميس 20 فبراير 2025 تسليم جثامين عائلة بيباس، الذين تم أسرهم على يد مجموعة من مجاهدي كتائب المجاهدين في 7 أكتوبر 2023.
  56. ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/video-shows-moment-of-israeli-hostages-capture-by-hamas
  57. ↑ "5 hostages of Hamas are free, offering some hope to families of more than 200 still captive". Yarden Bibas told his sister he had a gun in the house, but couldn't use it to defend his family against so many gunmen armed with automatic rifles.
  58. 1 2 "IDF finds video of Bibas family in Gaza, 'very concerned' for mother, youngest hostages". www.australianjewishnews.com.
  59. ↑ "Detailed findings on attacks carried out on and after 7 ..." (PDF). www.ohchr.org.
  60. ↑ "Baby (10 months) and family members killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza, Hamas claims". The Irish Times .
  61. ↑ Sinmaz, Emine (29 November 2023). "Hamas says 10-month-old hostage Kfir Bibas was killed in Israeli bombing". The Guardian.
  62. ↑ "Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel". www.bbc.com. 9 October 2023.
  63. ↑ "IDF: Hamas abducted Bibas family, including baby, handed them to other terror group". The Times of Israel . 28 November 2023.
  64. ↑ זיתון, יואב; שאולוב, רוני גרין (19 February 2024). צה"ל הציג למשפחת ביבס תיעוד של האם ושני ילדיה מדרום הרצועה, ימים לאחר החטיפה [IDF presents Bibas family with footage of mother and two children from southern Gaza, days after kidnapping]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  65. 1 2 3 "The video shocked the world, and now Israelis are holding their breath". ABC News (Australia) . 23 January 2025. In November 2023, Hamas published a video of Yarden Bibas being told his wife and children had been killed. Hamas said they were killed in an IDF air strike on Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. … Hamas claimed it tried to release Shiri, Kfir and Ariel's bodies as part of the first ceasefire at the end of 2023, but that Israel wouldn't accept them. But it has not released videos or pictures of Shiri and her children either alive or dead … Israel's government has said it does not know the family's fate and has warned that Hamas's announcements could be psychological warfare.
  66. ↑ "Hamas says offered to hand over remains of hostage baby, family". France 24 . 1 December 2023.
  67. 1 2 "Hamas says it offered to hand over remains of hostage baby, family". The Straits Times . 2 December 2023. Hamas on Dec 1 said it had offered to hand over the bodies of a mother and her two sons – one of them a baby – in talks to extend a now-expired truce. Ms Shiri Bibas, her 10-month-old son Kfir and his four-year-old brother Ariel, along with their father Yarden, have become emblematic of the Oct 7 attacks, because of the age of baby Kfir. Earlier this week, Hamas' armed wing announced that Ms Bibas, Kfir and Ariel had been killed in an Israeli bombing before the now-lapsed truce went into effect – a claim Israel's military has said it is investigating, but has yet to confirm … "Hamas also offered to transfer the Bibas family's bodies and release their father for their burial, along with two Zionist detainees" … Israeli authorities "remained unresponsive" …
  68. 1 2 كتائب المجاهدين: أسرنا عائلة بيباس ونتنياهو أصر على قتلها [Mujahideen Brigades: We captured the Bibas family and Netanyahu insisted on killing them]. www.alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). The New Arab. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025. وقال الناطق "أبو بلال": "تعليقاً على الفيديوهات التي بثها إعلام الاحتلال من منزل مجاور في 7 أكتوبر، نؤكد أننا أسرنا عائلة "بيباس" المكونة من ثلاثة أشخاص واحتجزناهم بمكان آمن وعملنا على توفير الحماية لهم لمدة تزيد عن عشرين يوماً"، مضيفاً: "أصر نتنياهو على قتل العائلة والتخلص من بقية الأسرى من خلال القصف الهمجي لقطاع غزة". وتابع أن المقاطع "تثبت كذب روايته (الاحتلال) وصدق روايتنا، والمعاملة الحسنة التي تلقتها العائلة من مجاهدينا"، محملاً "نتنياهو وحكومته الفاشية" مسؤولية قتل عائلة "بيباس" و"محاولته التخلص من باقي الأسرى عبر التعمد باستهدافهم بصواريخ جيشه للتهرب من دفع الثمن المستحق لتحريرهم".
  69. ↑ الناطق العسكري لـ"كتائب المجاهدين": أصرّ نتنياهو على قتل العائلة المحتجزة والتخلص من بقية الأسرى [Military spokesman for the Mujahideen Brigades: Netanyahu insisted on killing the detained family and getting rid of the rest of the prisoners]. bldtna.co.il (in Arabic).
  70. ↑ salhab, zeinab (19 February 2024). "كتائب المجاهدين": أسرنا عائلة "بيباس" في مكان آمن ونتنياهو أصرّ على قتلهم ["Mujahideen Brigades": We captured the "Bibas" family in a safe place, and Netanyahu insisted on killing them]. الجريدة ـ لبنان (in Arabic).
  71. ↑ أبو بلال: أسرنا عائلة "بيباس" في مكان آمن ونتنياهو أصرّ على قتلهم [Abu Bilal: We captured the "Bibas" family in a safe place, and Netanyahu insisted on killing them]. أخبار عربية akhbararabia.net (in Arabic). 19 February 2024. وحمل "أبو بلال" نتياهو وحكومته الفاشية مسؤولية قتل عائلة "بيباس" ومحاولته التخلص من باقي الأسرى، عبر التعمد باستهدافهم بصواريخ جيشه للتهرب من دفع الثمن المستحق لتحريرهم.[Abu Bilal held Netanyahu and his fascist government responsible for killing the Bibas family and his attempt to get rid of the rest of the prisoners, by deliberately targeting them with his army's missiles to evade paying the price due for their release.]
  72. ↑ الاحتلال يبث مشاهد لأسرى إسرائيليين يوم 7 أكتوبر.. "القسام" كشفت مصيرهم (فيديو) [The occupation broadcasts scenes of Israeli prisoners on October 7.. "Al-Qassam" revealed their fate (video)]. عربي21 arabi21.com (in Arabic). 20 February 2024. وعقب نشر الفيديو، قالت كتائب المجاهدين، التي قامت بأسر العائلة، إنها احتجزتهم بمكان آمن وعملت على توفير الحماية لهم مدة تزيد عن 20 يوما. وأوضح الناطق باسم "المجاهدين" أبو بلال، أن "نتنياهو أصر على قتل العائلة، والتخلص من بقية الأسرى، من خلال القصف الهمجي للقطاع". وشدد على أن المقطع الذي نشره الاحتلال، "يؤكد كذب روايته وصدق روايتنا، والمعاملة الحسنة التي تلقتها العائلة من مجاهدينا" وتابع: "نحمل نتنياهو وحكومته الفاشية، مسؤولية قتل عائلة بيباس، ومحاولة التخلص من باقي الأسرى، عبر تعمد استهدافهم بالصواريخ والتهرب من دفع الثمن المستحق لتحريرهم".
  73. ↑ كتائب المجاهدين تحمل الاحتلال مسؤولية قتل أسراه - جريدة وموقع اليوم - El Yom News [Mujahideen Brigades holds the occupation responsible for killing its prisoners]. el-yomnews.com (in Arabic). 19 February 2024. وحمل "أبو بلال" "نتياهو" وحكومته الفاشية مسؤولية قتل تلك العائلة وأكد أنه يحاول التخلص من باقي الأسرى عمدا، باستهدافهم بصواريخ جيشه للتهرب من دفع الثمن المستحق لتحريرهم.[Abu Bilal held Netanyahu and his fascist government responsible for killing that family and stressed that he is trying to get rid of the rest of the prisoners deliberately, by targeting them with his army's missiles to evade paying the price due for their liberation.]
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  78. ↑ "Hamas will return more hostages - but concerns remain". SBS News. Hamas confirmed it would hand over the bodies on 20th of February as part of the exchange. In November 2023, the group claimed the Bibas family was killed in an Israeli airstrike but provided no evidence. Israel has not confirmed their deaths.
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