The Israeli Army released this Monday images found in Gaza where it claims to see Shiri Bibasa woman held captive by the Palestinian militias, with her youngest children Ariel and Kfir - a baby of just one year -, while they were transported within the Strip on October 7, on their first day of captivity.
“We are very concerned for the condition and safety of Shiri and the children, and “We do everything possible to obtain more information about his fate.”declared the Army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, about the case of this Argentine-Israeli family whose whereabouts or condition is still unknown.
According to him, photos and video images found in a security camera in Gaza show how the mother and her children, surrounded by armed militiamen, They are covered by a cloth by militants in Gaza who moved them through the Khan Yunis area on October 7, the day of the Hamas attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people lost their lives and another 250 were taken hostage to Gaza.
The case of the Bibas family He is one of the best known among the more than 130 Israelis still captive in Gaza -about thirty of them confirmed dead-.
Baby Kfir is the youngest hostage remaining in the Stripand was taken captive with his four-year-old brother Ariel and his mother, residents of a kibbutz adjacent to Gaza, while the father, Yarden, was kidnapped separately and also transferred to the enclave.
None of them were freed in the first week-long prisoner release deal in late November, where women and children were largely released, raising concerns among relatives and friends about their situation.
As Hamas announced then, Shiri and her two children were killed by an Israeli bombardment in Gaza.although Israel assures that for now it has not been able to verify or confirm this information.
According to the Army, the videos that it found and distributed this Monday show that they did not die at the time of being taken hostage and they arrived alive in the Khan Yunis area of Gaza on October 7.
There, spokesman Hagari added, they remained in the hands of another Palestinian militia present in the Strip, Kataib Mujahideen.
“The images show the terrorists wrapping Shiri and her babies in a sheet, trying to hide them. Little Ariel’s red hair can be seen peeking out from the white cloth.”
After that, “They forced them into a car and took them to another place”Hagari added.
After the information released by the Army, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the images.
“We will bring these kidnappers of babies and mothers to justice.”. “They will not get away with this,” he said in a statement released by his office.
