Mysterious fate of the missing Israeli Geisel Shiri Bibas

Mysterious fate of the missing Israeli Geisel Shiri Bibas

what with Shiri bibas happened after they were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, there is a source of agony for your family and for Millions of Israelis . The two boys and their mother were not released from the Gaza Strip during the temporary ceasefire at the end of November 2023, although the agreement between Israel and Hamas provided for the release of all women and children.

The desperate hope of the Bibas family

The Bibas family clung to the hope that Shiri and her children may still be alive, although Hamas am 29. November 2023 announced that they were killed in an Israeli air raid. The announcement of the military leadership of Hamas only said that the "killing of 3 Zionist prisoners as a result of a previous Zionist bombing of the Gaza Strip" was announced. However, no evidence was submitted and the Israeli government said that it would check the claim, but never confirmed it.

The uncertain location of the kidnapped

It was unclear where in Gaza Shiri and her two sons, kfir and ariel. Hamas could not provide evidence of her death. A few days later, the group published a video by Shiris husband, Yarden Bibas Was held hostage and in which he blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The moment of kidnapping

yarden looked extremely desperate in the video and most likely spoke under compulsion. When the family was kidnapped from the Kibbutz Nir Oz, Yarden was taken separately by Shiri and the children. Recordings of his capture were published in April 2024 and show him how to get his face bleeding with a motorcycle.

Another hostage, Nili Margalit, who was recorded together with Yarden Bibas, announced last year that she was with him when Hamas told him that his wife and the two little children were killed and ordered him to record the video. On the same day, November 30th, it was released as part of a ceasefire that lasted a week.

The disappearance of Shiri and her children

It is clear that Shiri Bibas and her sons were still brought into the Gaza Strip alive. In February last year, the Israeli military released a video excerpt from October 7, which came from surveillance cameras in Khan Younis in southern Gazas and Shiri shows how it held Ariel and Kfir, which was 4 years and 9 months old at that time. When the video was published, the IDF said that it did not have enough information to confirm whether the children were still alive.

It is also unclear which group Shiri Bibas and her sons recorded at what point in time. Israel stated that the monitoring video comes from cameras in a place that belongs to the Mujahideen brigades, a militant group that is allied with Hamas. In November 2023, the Arabic speaker of the Israeli military, Avichai Adraee, said that Shiri and her sons were not always with the same group.

The kidnapping and its consequences

"Hamas treats them like prey and sometimes gives them to other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip," he said on X. Adraee added that they were "captured by one of the Palestinian factions in the area of Khan Younis." The Israeli defense forces announced on Friday that Shiri Bibas and her children were recorded by a Jihadist group that pursued a strict interpretation of Sunni Islam. According to Israeli media, the authorities identified the group as "Lords of the Wilderness".

In the course of the year, however, no further information about their fate came to light. In June 2024, the former Minister Benny Gantz expressed the view that Israel knew the fate of Shiri and her sons, but did not want to confirm the details. In an interview with Kan 11, Gantz said: "I think" when he was asked whether Israel knew the fate of the Bibas family.

the oppressive uncertainty

Neither the government nor the military have ever confirmed what happened to them. Yarden Bibas was released at the beginning of the month. Two weeks later, Hamas announced that the corpse would be released by Shiri and the children. The Israeli military explained on Thursday that militant Ariel and Kfir had murdered in November 2023, but made no explanation of which evidence the investigators led to this conclusion or what the cause of death was. A source familiar with the matter informed CNN that this was done out of respect for the family privacy.

currently remains unnecessary. The body, which was issued as her, instead belongs to an unknown "Gazawoman", said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, Hamas spoke about "the possibility of an error or an overlap among the bodies, which may result from the crew that bombed the area, where the family was with other Palestinians."