Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 10, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 10, 2025
Yarden Bibas leaves hospital, family says he won’t fully recover until wife, children are home
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)
Freed hostage Yarden Bibas has been discharged from the hospital, nine days after his release from captivity in Gaza.
His family says in a statement that his “road to rehabilitation is still long, and will not be complete until Shiri, Ariel, Kfir, and all the hostages return home.”
“Yarden is determined to fight for their return and feels obligated to do everything in his power to ensure that nobody is left behind,” the family adds.
They ask for the public and the media to respect their privacy to allow them “the time and peace needed to recover.”
Yarden was kidnapped separately from his wife Shiri and young sons Ariel and Kfir, and Israel has expressed “grave concern” for their fate.
