The remains of a mother of two young sons were combined following an Israeli airstrike.

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The remains of a mother of two young sons were combined with other human remains following an Israeli airstrike, according to Hamas.

The bodies delivered to Israel on Thursday did not include the mother of two young boys who were killed by Hamas while they were in captivity. 

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The remains of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas were "turned into pieces after apparently being mixed with other bodies under the rubble," according to a report Wednesday by Hamas officials, after an Israeli airstrike struck the location where she was being held. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed that the bodies of Oded Lifshitz, Ariel Bibas, and Kfir Bibas were returned to Israel over 500 days after they were kidnapped.

According to Hamas, Shiri Bibas and her two infants, Ariel and Kfir, who are four and ten months old, as well as retired writer and activist Oded Lifshitz, will be among the remains. But just two of the bodies could be identified by Israel's National Institute of Forensic Medicine. 

"It was discovered during the identification procedure that the extra body that was received was not Shiri Bibas's. and no other hostage's match was discovered," the IDF stated. "This is an anonymous, unidentified body."