Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday mourned the four Israelis whose bodies were recovered from Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“The four coffins of our loved ones oblige us more than ever to promise, to swear, that what happened on October 7, [2023], will never happen again,” he said in a statement issued by his office shortly after the identification of Oded Lifshitz’s body.
“The blood of our loved ones cries out to us from the ground. It obliges us to deal with the vile murderers—and we will deal with them,” the prime minister said. “We will return all of our hostages, destroy the murderers, eliminate Hamas and together—with God’s help—we will secure our future.
“O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!” added Netanyahu, citing Psalm 94.
Israel on Thursday received the bodies of three members of the Bibas family—mother Shiri, infant son Kfir and his older brother Ariel, and octogenarian Lifshitz.
