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In pre-Oct. 7 photo, slain hostage Maya Goren is seen feeding kidnapped baby Kfir Bibas, still missing

25 July 2024, 4:23 pm 3 Edit

Following the announcement that hostage Maya Goren’s body was recovered from Gaza, along with four others, a photo has emerged online showing Goren feeding Kfir Bibas, a baby who was kidnapped to Gaza with his mother and older brother, and whose fate remains unknown.

The photo is undated but was taken at Kibbutz Nir Oz before October 7.

Goren was a preschool and nursery teacher at the kibbutz.

The Bibas family were all kidnapped from the kibbutz on October 7. Shiri and Yarden and redheaded children Ariel (4) and Kfir (9-months old at the time of the kidnapping) have become a symbol of the hostages’ plight, with video widely circulated of a terrified Shiri holding her children as they were taken from their home by terrorists.

Hamas claimed in November that Shiri and her two children had been killed. The IDF has not confirmed this, but said there is “grave concern” for them.

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