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Video shows released hostage Yarden Bibas embraced by his father and sister
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Yarden Bibas embraces his father Eli and his sister Ofri at an IDF facility near Re'im after his release from 484 days in Hamas captivity, February 1, 2025. (Screencapture/Israel Defense Forces)
Video released shows the moments Yarden Bibas meets his father and sister at an IDF facility near Re’im after 484 days in Hamas captivity.
Yarden is seen reuniting with his father Eli and his sister Ofri.
“You are sweet, your humor stayed,” Eli is heard saying to Yarden.
Bibas’s wife Shiri and sons Ariel, 5, and Kfir, 2, who were all abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, are still held in Gaza, and Israel has said it has “grave concerns” for their fate.
Bibas and members of his family are now being airlifted by an Israeli Air Force helicopter from an army facility near the Gaza border to a hospital in central Israel, the military says.
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