Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Red Cross says it’s transferred a body to Israel, which Hamas claims is that of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas. Also: Trump accuses French and UK leaders of doing nothing to end Ukraine war, and how to avoid news stress.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Jeanette Jalil, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 22nd of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.5 | A day after Hamas returned the wrong body to Israel, it now says it has handed over the body of a mother who was kidnapped with her two young sons. |
| 0:20.5 | Donald Trump accuses France's president, Emmanuel Macron, |
| 0:23.8 | and Britain's Prime Minister, Kirstama, |
| 0:26.2 | of doing nothing to end the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:29.7 | The tech giant Apple is to remove access |
| 0:32.2 | to its top data protection tool for British users. |
| 0:38.7 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:40.8 | Becoming consciously aware of your feet. |
| 0:43.0 | Feeling your feet on the ground. |
| 0:44.6 | It's extraordinarily effective, considering how tiny and throw away that sounds. |
| 0:49.3 | Tips on how to de-stress from the news. |
| 1:04.3 | We start in Israel, where a day after Hamas returned the wrong body to a grieving family and nation, |
| 1:10.1 | the Palestinian militant group says the body of hostage Shiri Bibas, a mother who was kidnapped with her two young sons, |
| 1:11.9 | has now been handed over. The Israeli military says it's checking this. The bodies of the boys, |
| 1:17.9 | four-year-old Ariel and baby Kaffir, were handed over on Thursday. But a body said to be their |
| 1:23.3 | mothers was later confirmed to be that of another woman. Israel said the children had been murdered, |
| 1:29.4 | contrary to Hamas's claims that they died during an Israeli air strike on Gaza. The boys' aunt, |
| 1:35.3 | Offrey Bibas Levy, said the family didn't want revenge, just the return of every hostage, |
| 1:41.7 | dead or living, as soon as possible. |
| 1:43.7 | The archiemen of my tachewed. of every hostage, dead or living, as soon as possible. |
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