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 had earlier sent a Palestinian woman's body to Israel, claiming it was the remains of Shiri Bibas. Upons returing the actual remains of the Israeli hostage, officials said the woman was killed i

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,

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

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,