Hamas on Saturday released four Israeli women hostages, which was the second exchange under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza. As the world saw, soldiers in military uniform were handed over to Red Cross members. Since the delicate ceasefire continues in Gaza, the fate of the Bibas family and the youngest hostage remains unknown.
Those abducted by the group on October 7, 2023 included Shiri Bibas, his two sons, aerial (5) and kefir (2), and her husband, Yordan. The youngest hostage baby kefir was just 8 months old. Time.
The Bibas family’s hopes broke when their names were missing from the list of hostages to be freed in the latest phase of the multi-step ceasefire agreement. In a statement, the family shared his pain. According to The Times of Israel, the statement said, “Yesterday at 16:00, when the list of people set for release was published, our world collapsed. Even though we were ready for this possibility, we hoped that Shiri and children would be seen in the list that should have been for the citizens of women.
While Israeli officers are insisting on the return of Kefir and Ariel, Hamas has claimed that Shiri and his two boys are no longer alive. Israeli officials have not confirmed this and uncertainty has worried the family.
An analyst told ABC News whether they are alive or not depends on who is asked about this. If his death is confirmed, it is likely to spread anger and sorrow in Israel, where the family has become a symbol of the country’s most dark moment.
According to an AFP report, Daniel Hagari, a spokesman for Israeli defense forces, expressed “deep concern” over the good of the remaining two child hostages of the Bibas family in Gaza. In a statement on television on Saturday, Hagari said that Israel is insisting on the return of Kefir and Ariel Bibas. Hagari said, “We are extremely concerned about his fate,” and also mentioned her mother, which Hamas had announced more than a year ago, but has not confirmed the Israeli authorities.
Meanwhile, the family’s argument remains stable – “Shiri, Yardon, Ariel, and Kefir – We will continue to expect and demand your return. It will not end until it is over,” he said said in.
The three -phase ceasefire agreement is currently in its first phase, as part of which 33 out of the remaining 98 hostages – women, children, men above 50, sick and injured – released in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and prisoners. Will be done.
The Prime Minister of Qatar had earlier stated that in the first phase, the Israeli forces would also withdraw from Gaza and allow the displaced population to return to their homes. The first phase will last for six weeks.