TIME TO WEEP FOR THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE BIBAS FAMILY

Hamas claims three members of Bibas family, including baby Kfir, were killed in Gaza

Their captors attributed the deaths to "a previous Israeli shelling." 

 

JNS

Nov 29,2023

 

The Bibas family (left to right): Ariel, Shiri and Kfir. Hamas now claims 10-month-old Kfir, his four-year-old brother Ariel and their mother were killed by Israeli shelling 

The Israel Defense Forces is investigating claims that three members of the Bibas family in Gaza, including 10-month-old Kfir, died in Hamas captivity, the military said on Wednesday.

The “military” wing of Hamas announced the deaths Kfir, his brother Ariel, 4, and his mother, Shiri, 32, the Hamas- and Palestinian Islamic Jihad-affiliated Quds News Network reported earlier on Wednesday.

Without presenting evidence, the Al-Qassam Brigades attributed their deaths to “a previous Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip.”

Hamas terrorists are pictured grabbing Kfir and Ariel Bibas and their mother at Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7

 

The statement did not mention the family’s father, Yarden Bibas, 34, also kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7 massacre.

The IDF announced that it was “assessing the accuracy of the information.”

“Hamas is wholly responsible for the security of all hostages in the Gaza Strip. Hamas must be held accountable. Hamas’s actions continue to endanger the hostages, which include nine children,” read the statement.

IDF representatives spoke with the Bibas family following Hamas’s announcement “and are with them at this difficult time,” the military said

The IDF said on Monday that the Bibas family had been transferred by Hamas to another terrorist organization and that they were being held in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis.

Kfir’s aunt on Tuesday pleaded for their release.

“We’re talking to you today because tomorrow is the last day of the current ceasefire,” Ofri Bibas-Levy told reporters. “At the moment they are the youngest hostages still remaining in Hamas captivity.”

“We don’t know where they’ve been held. From what we know, they are kept underground,” said Bibas-Levy. “We’re really worried about the 10-month-old baby with formula [normally] as his main nourishment.”

Bibas-Levy continued: “We call upon the Israeli government and Qatar and Egypt, everybody who is involved in these negotiations and this deal, to do whatever they can to include our family in this deal and to release them as soon as possible.”