US official warns Hamas will face total annihilation if they dont release all hostages after Shiri Bibas body wasnt returned

A US official warned Hamas would face “total annihilation” if all hostages – living and dead – were not returned to Israel as the terror group failed to return the body of slain mother Shiri Bibas on ThursdayAdam Boehler, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for hostages, issued the stark threat hours after the Israeli Defense Forces positively identified the bodies of Bibas’ children Ariel and Kfir, and hostage Oded Lifshitz — but also received an “anonymous, unidentified body.”“It’s horrific.It’s a clear violation and if I have one piece of advice for Hamas now it’s you need to release her body immediately,” Boehler told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.Boehler called for the immediate release of all hostages including the bodies of four Americans killed during their captivity in the Gaza Strip and Edan Alexander, a New Jersey native believed to be alive.“If I were (Hamas) I would release everybody or they are going to face total annihilation right now,” Boehler warned.Boehler recommended Israel make demands to Hamas through “every country that’s coordinating” to get the remaining hostages and bodies back to the Jewish state.The terror group was expected to transfer Bibas’ body Thursday morning during a propaganda-filled exchange, parading the bodies in the Gaza Strip, but Israeli officials revealed her body was not one of the four inside the black coffins.“During the identification process, it was determined that the additional body received is not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was found for any other hostage.

This is an anonymous, unidentified body,” the IDF said.“This is a violation of utmost severity by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is obligated under the agreement to return four deceased hostages,” the defense forces added.“We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all our hostages.”Bibas, her husband Yarden and their two sons Ariel, 4, and 9-month-old Kfir were abducted by Hamas from their...