Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says he spoke with his Argentine counterpart, Gerardo Werthein, and thanked him for President Javier Milei’s decision to declare two days of mourning in memory of Kfir and Ariel Bibas.
“We value Argentina’s moral stance against the absolute evil of Hamas, which must be eradicated, and the true friendship of Argentina under President Javier Milei’s leadership,” says Sa’ar.
Hamas yesterday returned the bodies of Kfir and Ariel, and Israel said they were likely slain around November 2023. A third body, which Hamas said was their mother, Shiri, turned out to be an unidentified Gazan woman, according to Israel.
Shiri’s father, Yossi Silberman, was a native of Argentina who moved to Israel decades ago. Yossi and his wife Margit were murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
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