Kidnapping of the Bibas family | |
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Part of Israel–Hamas war | |
![]() Shiri Bibas with her 9-month and 4-year-old sons Kfir and Ariel | |
Location | Nir Oz, Israel |
Date | 7 October 2023 |
Attack type | Kidnapping, mass murder |
Accused | Hamas, Mujahideen Brigades |
On 7 October 2023, as part of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel and the Nir Oz massacre, the Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas allegedly abducted the Israeli-Argentinian/Peruvian[1][2] Bibas (Hebrew: ביבס) family from the Nir Oz kibbutz: 9-month-old Kfir (Hebrew: כפיר), 4-year-old Ariel (Hebrew: אריאל), 32-year-old mother Shiri (Hebrew: שירי; née Silberman), and her 34-year-old husband Yarden (Hebrew: ירדן).[3][4] The youngest child, baby Kfir, was the youngest hostage taken in the 7 October 2023 attacks.[5] Shiri's parents, who also lived on the kibbutz, were later found murdered.[6]
Amidst widespread concern and a campaign for their release, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that Hamas transferred the family to a different Palestinian terror group within Gaza, the Mujahideen Brigades of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement.[7] Efforts to release Shiri and her children during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas were unsuccessful; Hamas later claimed that they were killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis.
On 19 February, the IDF presented the relatives of the Bibas family a video showing Shiri and the children while they were still alive several days after the abduction. The video was apparently filmed in southern Gaza.[8]
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