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2024-10-11 02:14 Last Updated At:02:21

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

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FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Holding flags, orange balloons and signs saying “forgive us,” tens of thousands of Israelis lined highways as the bodies of a mother and her two young sons, killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip, were taken for burial on Wednesday.

The plight of the Bibas family has come to embody the profound sense of loss and grief still permeating Israel after the militant Hamas group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war.

Footage of a terrified Shiri Bibas clutching her two sons — 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel — as they were taken to Gaza by militants is seared into the country's collective memory.

Israel says forensic evidence shows the boys were killed by their captors in November 2023, while Hamas says the family was killed along with their guards in an Israeli airstrike.

Their bodies were handed over earlier this month as part of a ceasefire deal that paused the Israel-Hamas war. Israelis endured another moment of agony when testing showed that one of the bodies returned by Hamas was identified as someone else. Shiri's body was returned the following night and positively identified.

Yarden Bibas was abducted separately and released alive in a different handover last month. His wife and their two children will be buried in a private ceremony near Kibbutz Nir Oz near Gaza, where they were living when they were abducted. The three will be buried next to Shiri’s parents, who were also killed in the attack.

People lined up on the side of the roads as far as the eye could see, sobbing and embracing each other as the casket made their way along the 100-kilometer (60 miles) route from central Israel to the cemetery.

Hundreds of motorcycles, each with an Israeli flag and orange ribbons, rode solemnly behind the convoy. In the city of Tel Aviv, thousands gathered to watch a broadcast of the eulogies, many dressed in orange.

Kfir was the youngest of about 30 children taken hostage. The infant, with red hair and a toothless smile, quickly became well-known across Israel. His ordeal was raised by Israeli leaders on podiums around the world.

The extended Bibas family has been active at protests, branding the color orange as the symbol of their fight for the “ginger babies.” They marked Kfir Bibas’ first birthday with a release of orange balloons and lobbied world leaders for support.

Family photos aired on TV and posted on social media created a national bond with the two boys and made them familiar faces.

Israelis learned of Ariel Bibas’ love for Batman. Photos from a happier time showed the entire family dressed up as the character.

On Wednesday, many people dressed up in Batman costumes and saluted as the caskets passed.

Yarden Bibas eulogized his family.

“Do you remember our last conversation together? In the safe room, I asked if we should fight or surrender. You said fight, so I fought,” he sad, speaking directly to his wife. “Shiri, I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you all. If only I had known what would happen, I wouldn’t have fought.”

Then he spoke of his elder son, Ariel: “I hope you know I thought about you every day, every minute.”

“I’m sure you’re making all the angels laugh with your silly jokes and impressions," he added, envisioning the boy in paradise. "I hope there are plenty of butterflies for you to watch, just like you did during our picnics.”

He also addressed his youngest son. “Kfir, I’m sorry I didn’t protect you better,” he said. “I miss nibbling on you and hearing your laughter.”

Dana Silberman Sitton, Shiri's sister, said she had tried to prepare herself for over a year to bury her sister alongside their parents, but the moment was still overwhelming.

She begged people to remember Shiri full of light and laughter — not just the photo of her terror-stricken face as she was being kidnapped.

She also asked forgiveness on behalf of Israel’s government and military because it had taken so long to bring them home.

Yarden's sister, Ofri Bibas Levy, one of the most active voices in the fight to bring the hostages home, said “our disaster as a nation and as a family should not have happened, and must never happen again.”

“Forgiveness means accepting responsibility," she said. "There is no meaning to forgiveness before the failures are investigated, and all officials take responsibility.”

During the release of the bodies in Gaza last week, Hamas militants displayed coffins on a stage labeled with Shiri’s name and those of her two boys as upbeat music blared. Behind them hung a panel where their pictures hovered beneath a cartoon of a vampiric-looking Netanyahu.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the delayed release of Shiri’s remains a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement.

Some 1,200 people in Israel were killed in the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war in Gaza and 251 were taken hostage. More than 48,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

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Freed Israeli hostage Omer Wenkert, gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Freed Israeli hostage Omer Wenkert, gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

An Israeli soldier kisses the hand of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man while they are waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

An Israeli soldier kisses the hand of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man while they are waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners attend the funeral procession of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli soldiers salute as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli soldiers salute as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Relatives of Bibas family show their appreciation to the crowd on the side of the road leading to the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, near Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Relatives of Bibas family show their appreciation to the crowd on the side of the road leading to the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, near Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israelis are waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis are waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis are waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis are waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israelis waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis waiting on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis gather on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israelis gather on the side of a road where the funeral convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, will pass by near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners react as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, passes by during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners gather around the car carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mourners gather around the car carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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