In Israel this evening outside Tel Aviv, three buses exploded in a parking lot in a suspected

militant attack. Explosives were found on two other buses and neutralized. There were no reported

injuries. That further rattled the nation after the return today of the remains of four

hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The top UN human rights official

called the jeering taunting display during the handover, abhorrent and cruel. And while the scene

sparked outrage in Israel and beyond, the emotions of many are tempered by the return of hostages

still alive, as the news hour saw this past weekend

in southern Israel.

In Canyunus in southern Gaza today, before a crowd of hundreds, with music and fanfare,

Hamas held a grim and ghastly ceremony, releasing the remains of four Israeli hostages killed

in captivity.

As the bodies returned home to Israel, a palpable sense of grief and agony.

We hope that they will come back alive, all of them.

They were murdered.

They were the bodies of Ariel and Kaffir Bibus and their mother, Shiri Bebis.

Barely nine months old, on October 7, 2023, Kaffir was the youngest hostage who spent the majority of his short life in captivity.

This video of Shiri embracing her two boys as they were kidnapped from their near O's home

became a symbol of the brutality of the October 7th attacks.

We remember the picture of her standing here under this bush with a blanket and crying.

In December, the news hour visited the Bebas home and saw evidence of the

horrors that unfolded there. The only survivor, Shiri's husband and the boy's father, Yarden

Bebus, who was released two weeks ago. The hopes of another family also ending in tragedy.

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