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He is not one of the freed hostages Kfir Bibas, the youngest of the many children abducted to the kibbutzim by Hamas. The child just turned 10 months old and was taken away from Nir Oz on October 7th along with his 4-year-old brother Ariel, his father Yarden and his mother Shiri. No one knows anything about the Bibas family anymore, and on Tuesday the relatives once again raised their voices to mobilize Israeli and international public opinion. Hundreds of people gathered in Tel Aviv at “Hostage Square” between the entrance to the Tel Aviv Museum and the Ministry of Defense had their appeals read out in Hebrew, English and Arabic and hundreds of balloons released into the sky. Completely orange, like Kfir and Ariel’s hair.
“Yarden, Shiri, Ariel and Kfir were held hostage by Hamas for 53 days,” he recalled
Dana Siton, the mother’s sister – We don’t know what her conditions are. Are they still together? Eat? Who hugs children, who calms them down when they cry?” Hamas told Israel through intermediaries that it “does not know” the fate of the Bibas. But the military spokesman
Daniel Hagari He replied that even if they were in the hands of another faction, “responsibility still remains with Hamas.”
Another Israeli military spokesman,
Avichay Adraee, claimed that Hamas may have handed over the Bibas to another organization “as if they were spoils of war.” But he also published a photo taken on October 7th during the kidnapping
Yarden Bibasin which a person can be seen pulling on his arm. The military spokesman indicated that it was a Hamas man operating in the Khan Yunis area in the south of the Gaza Strip.
“I’m turning to Hamas,” he continued
Dana Siton, pointing to the photos of Kfir and Ariel. – Are these really your enemies?” After thanking the Israelis for the support they received, Siton also addressed words of gratitude to the President of the United States
Joe Bidenin the direction of the Emir of Qatar
Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and to the Egyptian President
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for their efforts to free the hostages. The Bibas’ family members are awaiting intervention from the International Red Cross to visit those still held hostage.