Hamas put on a sickening, propaganda-filled parade as terrorists handed over the bodies of tiny hostages Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were just 9 months and 4 years old when they were violently abducted — along with those of their mother Shiri and 84-year-old Oded Lifshitz, 84.

The heartbreaking exchange saw the terror group blaming Israel and the US as they handed over the coffins after displaying them on stage in Khan Younis in front of a disturbing mural depicting a bloody Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — with fangs — standing over pictures of the Bibas family and Lifshiftz, alongside a propagandist inscription.

Placed next to the coffins were two missiles with English text reading, “They were killed by USA bombs.”

The coffin carrying Shiri was specifically marked with the words, “Arrested on October 7,” Israeli media reports, a twisted reference to the horrific terrorist attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel and started 15 months of war in Gaza.

The bodies of Kfir and Ariel were also reportedly placed in the wrong coffins, with their names switched. 

In a final indignity to the dead, the coffins also had to be inspected with metal detectors to ensure they weren’t booby-trapped by the terrorist group, the Israeli military said.  

Prior to the military ceremony, the coffins were scanned for explosives,” an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson told The Post.

The United Nations human rights chief Austrian Volker Turk condemned Hamas’ gross public display of the victims.

“Under international law, any handover of the remains of the deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,” Turk said in a statement.

Armed Hamas terrorists and Palestinians had crowded the area in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to watch the transfer of the victims.

Each black coffin bore a photo of a victim and Netanyahu along with a propaganda message.

Four Hamas terrorists carried each victim over to a waiting Red Cross vehicle, where workers draped a white sheet over the coffins before placing them in the back.

Shiri Bibas was the first, followed by her sons, Kfir and Ariel. Lifshitz was the last victim carried over to the trucks.

The exchange ended when the five Red Cross vehicles left the exchange area in Khan Younis just before 10 a.m. Thursday.

The bodies of the Bibas family — whose kidnapping video became a symbol for the horrors of Oct. 7 — and Lifshitz were transferred to the IDF. Soldiers then placed Israeli flags on the coffins as they took them home after more than 500 days of captivity.

A proper funeral for the victims will be held after they are officially inspected and identified by forensic experts.

“Agony. Pain. There are no words,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog wrote on X. “Our hearts — the hearts of an entire nation — lie in tatters.”

“On behalf of the State of Israel, I bow my head and ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness for not protecting you on that terrible day. Forgiveness for not bringing you home safely.”

Lifshitz’s son, Yitzhar, was angered by the fate of the four victims.

“(They) suffered tragic, agonizing deaths, without their families by their sides,” he said, according to the Times of Israel, citing Army Radio.

The younger Lifshitz said he will continue to fight for the hostages even though his father’s body was returned to Israel.

“It’s not over for anyone today, even when the end is tragic we continue to pray for the hostages and the fallen who still need to be returned,” he said.

The Bibas family never gave up hope that the ginger-haired Bibas boys would be released alive — even expressing anger at the Israeli government for declaring the children dead before receiving their bodies.

“I believe they’re alive — I personally don’t believe they are dead,” Shiri’s cousin Yosi Shnaider told The Post just a few days before the grim news was confirmed.

The Bibas family has been in turmoil since November 2023, when Hamas released a propaganda video forcing father Yarden Bibas, who was freed earlier this month, to announce the death of his wife and boys.

Heartbroken father Yarden sobbed as he claimed Shiri and the boys were killed in an Israeli airstrike during the most intense bombardments against the Gaza Strip.

Hamas, however, never provided proof that the family was killed by an airstrike, and Israel refused to confirm their deaths until Thursday’s exchange.

Yarden and his family had maintained hope up to the last minute that Hamas was lying about Shiri and their sons, as Hamas has lied about the condition of other hostages in the past.

The Lifshitz family had been prepared for the worst, given that they last received signs of life on Day 25 of the war.

His son, Yizhar, previously told Ynet that the family had received no word on the status of his father since November 2023.

Following Thursday’s release, Hamas is set to free six living hostages on Saturday, as opposed to the agreed-upon three following negotiations for quicker aid to Gaza.

The six hostages set to be freed include Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, who were kidnapped in 2014 and 2015, respectively, after crossing into the Palestinian enclave by themselves.

Israel said both men were suffering from mental health issues at the time.

If Saturday’s exchange goes as scheduled, Hamas would then release four more bodies next week to fulfill the first phase of the cease-fire deal, which called for 33 hostages to be freed.

Phase one of the cease-fire ends on March 2, with the second and third phases focused on freeing the remaining 59 hostages and establishing a permanent end to the war.