The Associated Press is under fire for how it described the death of an Israeli mother and her two boys who were reportedly slain by Hamas. The AP shared the controversial statement on the social media platform X on Friday.

Hamas professes surprise after body of Gazan woman sent to Israel in place of Shiri Bibas, says it will proceed with deal, names six living hostages to be freed Saturday The post IDF says captors murdered children Ariel and Kfir Bibas with ‘their bare hands’ appeared first on The Times of Israel.

"No match was found for any other hostage. This is an anonymous, unidentified body,” the Israel Defense Forces said.

"The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys — they killed them with their bare hands. Afterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities."

In November 2023, without providing evidence, Hamas claimed that the children—then 4 years old and 10 months old—along with their mother, had died in an Israeli airstrike.

Israel Defence Force (IDF) claimed that the forensic reports of Ariel and Kfir Bibas suggested that Hamas killed both children with bare hands. The Palestinian group initially said that the two children and their mother,

The revelation comes after Hamas failed to return the body of Shiri Bibas together with her two sons in violation of the cease-fire agreement.

Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip killed brothers Ariel and Kfir Bibas only weeks after they were kidnapped during the terrorists’ Oct. 7, 2023, rampage into southern Israel. A forensic examination of Ariel,