(I24/BREITBART)”The responsibility for the safety of all the abductees in the Gaza Strip rests fully with the terrorist organization Hamas”
The Bibas family, including 10-months-old Kfir, 4-year-old Ariel and their mother Shiri were abducted by Hamas on October 7.
Hamas must be held accountable.
Hamas must release all hostages immediately. pic.twitter.com/aizQ6M0Yp2— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 29, 2023
Hamas has claimed that the Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas taken hostage on October 7th from their homes, died in an airstrike. A video of their abduction, made by Hamas to advertise its own atrocities, became one of the iconic visuals of the October 7 attack, in which 1,200 were murdered.
Israelis have become heavily invested in the fate of the trio, with their now-iconic red hair. The IDF said Sunday that it believed Hamas had transferred Kfir, his mother, and his brother to another terrorist faction, and that it had somehow lost track of them.
On Wednesday, Hamas said that they had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. Israel could not confirm that report; past reports of the deaths of hostages had turned out to be erroneous. However, in a statement, the IDF said that it was investigating the repor
The Bibas family has been notified as the IDF checks the reliability of the information.
Following the claim by Hamas, the IDF Spokesperson put out a statement saying “the responsibility for the safety of all the abductees in the Gaza Strip rests fully with the terrorist organization Hamas. Hamas endangers the abductees, including nine children. Hamas is required to immediately return them to Israel.”
Hamas claims that the Bibas family died as a result of an Israeli airstrike, potentially information released as a means of psychological warfare. The IDF is checking the validity on the information.
