The Israeli army launched new pictures on Monday and expressed concern a few mom and her two boys – together with a child who’s the youngest hostage taken by Hamas militants.
Hamas introduced in November that every one three had been killed in an Israeli bombing, however Israeli authorities haven’t confirmed this declare.
Military spokesman Daniel Hagari stated they have been “involved for the well-being” of Shiri Bibas, who was seen on a avenue digital camera within the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis surrounded by seven armed males.
Kfir Bibas is the youngest Israeli hostage and was “stolen from his cradle” in the neighborhood of Nir Ozwhen he was simply 9 months previous, whereas his brother Ariel was simply 4, Hagari informed a televised briefing.
If Kfir Bibas have been nonetheless alive, he would have turned one 12 months previous on January 18.
Different members of the Bibas household described the pictures in a press release on Monday as “insufferable and inhumane” and known as the kidnapping of youngsters “against the law in opposition to humanity and a battle crime.”
“Ariel and Kfir are victims of monstrous evil. Our total household has been taken hostage, together with all of the hostages,” she added.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that “these kidnappers of infants and moms” might be dropped at justice.
Hamas beforehand aired a video of the boys’ father, Yarden Bibas, who was additionally captured within the October 7 assaults by Hamas militants that sparked the battle with Israel.
Nir Ozin southern Israel was the scene of a number of the bloodiest assaults on October 7, which led to the deaths of 1,160 folks, most of them civilians, based on an AFP depend primarily based on Israeli figures.
In response, Israel vowed to “destroy” Hamas and has carried out a brutal bombardment and floor invasion that has killed greater than 29,000 folks in Hamas-run Gaza, most of them ladies and kids, based on the Well being Ministry.
Greater than 250 folks have been taken hostage, together with greater than 75 from Nir Oz. Israel says there are nonetheless 130 hostages in Gaza, however 30 are believed lifeless.
Pictures filmed by Hamas on October 7 of a terrified Shiri Bibas together with her two kids in her arms have develop into the defining pictures of the hostage disaster for Israelis.
