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Friday, February 21, 2025
Argentina’s Milei declares 2 days of national mourning for Ariel and Kfir Bibas
Argentine President Javier Milei declares two days of national mourning in Argentina for Ariel and Kfir Bibas — who held Argentine citizenship — following the confirmation of their deaths in Hamas captivity. In a post on X, Milei released a statement where he strongly condemns the terror group Hamas.
“According to the National Center of Forensic Medicine, the children were brutally assassinated in captivity by Hamas terrorists in November 2023. It is monstrous that these events happen in this century, and that their death is due to a single motivation: to be Jews.”
“The president of the nation decrees national mourning for two days in memory of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, and expresses in the name of Argentines, condolences to the family, especially Yarden Bibas, father of the boys, who having suffered from the torment of being held hostage for 484 days, today is faced with his worst nightmare.”
Milei says that Argentina calls for the immediate release of the other hostages in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the City of Buenos Aires honors the Argentine-Israeli Bibas family by projecting their image on the national historic monument the Obelisco and illuminates a public structure with orange lights — the color of the Bibas children’s hair.
*La Ciudad interviene el Obelisco con un mapping en apoyo al Papa Francisco y un homenaje a la familia Bibas*
El Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires interviene el Obelisco con un mapping especial en apoyo al Papa Francisco, quien atraviesa un delicado momento de salud. Hasta… pic.twitter.com/CZ9pKaearu
— Radio Jai (@fmjai) February 21, 2025
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