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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

Bibas family

Mourners gather to pay their respects next to a makeshift memorial for the Bibas' family at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on February 26, 2025, on the day of their funeral procession. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
June 8, 2025, 12:24 am
Heads of terror group that abducted and murdered Bibas family killed by IDF
Asaad Abu Sharia and Mahmoud Kaheel from Mujahideen Brigades killed in Gaza strikes; also behind murders of hostages Gadi Haggai, Judih Weinstein and Thai farmhand Nattapong Pinta
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
An undated photo of Judih Weinstein and Gadi Haggai (Courtesy)
June 5, 2025, 2:32 pm
IDF recovers bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai, Judih Weinstein in Gaza operation
Dual US citizens were held in Khan Younis by Hamas-allied terror group that also kidnapped, murdered Bibas family; official says Shin Bet grilling of Gazan detainee led IDF to bodies
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Former Hamas hostages present their art exhibition at Ben Gurion Airport, April 27, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
April 27, 2025, 6:19 pm
Paintings by ex-hostages featured in new art exhibit at Ben Gurion Airport
11 former captives use art workshop to process emotions of captivity and independence; works shown at airport for a week, will be moved to NYC for Independence Day event
By ToI Staff
Shiri Bibas (left) and her sons Ariel, 4, (top-right) and baby Kfir, who were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 and murdered in captivity. (Courtesy/Foreign Ministry)
April 5, 2025, 12:23 am
IDF says it killed terrorist who led Bibas abduction, was likely involved in their murders
Military says it also killed Hamas propagandist who was involved in hostage videos and official who funneled cash to terror group’s military wing; MSF: Worker killed in Gaza airstrike
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Ariel Bibas and the butterfly named after him. (avstraliavasin via iStock/Courtesy)
April 4, 2025, 3:20 pm
Butterfly renamed in honor of murdered hostage Ariel Bibas
Orange Jerusalem renamed Orange Ariel, evoking an alternate biblical name for the capital and the vivid color of the slain 4-year-old’s hair
By Michael Horovitz
Yarden Bibas is interviewed on CBS's 60 Minutes, March 30, 2025 (CBS 60 Minutes)
March 31, 2025, 10:51 am
Yarden Bibas to 60 Minutes: Only Trump can convince Netanyahu, Hamas to renew ceasefire-hostage deal
CBS show speaks with five former hostages, who describe witnessing sexual assault, suicidal thoughts and seeing the US president as their last hope
By Jacob Magid
Ariel and Kfir Bibas (Hostage Family Forum)
March 30, 2025, 3:19 pm
Hospital receives toys donated to murdered kids of freed hostage Yarden Bibas
Toys will help young patients at Assuta Ashdon, where Bibas boys were born; families pray for return of hostages outside home of chief negotiator
By Michael Horovitz and Jessica Steinberg
A month after Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were laid to rest in Israel, the gravestone for the three slain hostages was unveiled at a family ceremony on March 27, 2025, at the Tsohar cemetery near Kibbutz Nir Oz. They were abducted from their kibbutz on October 7, 2023 by Hamas-led terrorists, and later brutally murdered in Gaza by their captors. (Israel Katorza, via Assaf Pozailov, Kann / X)
March 27, 2025, 8:35 pm
‘We love you the most’: Orange-tinted Bibas family gravestone unveiled
Headstone erected one month after funeral above shared casket recalls Shiri as ‘funny and sensitive,’ Ariel as ‘a child of light and love’ and Kfir for ‘loving hugs and cuddles’
By ToI Staff
Yarden, Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas. (Courtesy)
March 16, 2025, 5:04 pm
Family of Yarden Bibas fundraises to help him heal, memorialize Shiri and the boys
Released hostage, whose wife and young sons were murdered in captivity, has shown tremendous strength, but has a ‘long, complex and painful journey’ ahead, says his father
By ToI Staff
School kids, their teachers and parents dressed up in costumes seen at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, ahead of the the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 13, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 13, 2025, 5:50 pm
Jewish kids in Israel and beyond dress up as Batman for Purim to honor the Bibas boys
Schoolchildren also don orange capes in tribute to slain brothers and their mother Shiri; thanking supporters, family says ‘you’ve shown us that Ariel and Kfir will never leave us’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Yarden Bibas (R) with his sister Ofri as he eulogizes his wife Shiri and two young sons Kfir and Ariel, at Tsoher Regional Cemetery on February 26, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)
March 5, 2025, 4:40 pm
Yarden Bibas’s letter to Netanyahu calling for state inquiry, asking PM to join him at kibbutz
In letter read out in Knesset, freed hostage who lost wife and kids asks PM to accompany him when he first returns to his home, laments ‘so few politicians’ have taken responsibility
By ToI Staff
People pay their respects along the convoy carrying the bodies of hostages Shiri Bibas, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, in Rishon LeZion, February 26, 2025. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 27, 2025, 2:23 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 27: Day 510 – 4 more hostage bodies arrive home, after Bibas burial
Times of Israel editor David Horovitz discusses national response to the return of the bodies of hostages, expectations for phase 2 of the hostage deal and what’s next for Hamas
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Yarden Bibas carries flowers at the funeral of his wife Shiri and sons Ariel and Kfir, near Kibbutz Nir Oz, February 26, 2025. (Eitan Uner/ Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
February 26, 2025, 5:07 pm
Ballads from Bibas family soundtrack play at funeral of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir
Songs from American heavy metal and hard rock bands resonate at southern cemetery
By Jessica Steinberg
Yarden Bibas eulogizes his wife Shiri and two young sons Kfir and Ariel, at Tsoher Regional Cemetery on February 26, 2025 (Screen grab/GPO)
February 26, 2025, 4:54 pm
What Israel’s leaders, Donald Trump, and the rest of the free world owe Yarden Bibas
Heartbroken, he apologized for failing to protect his wife and two small sons from Hamas; But it’s we, of course, who owe him the apology and who must root out the death cult Islamist ideology
By David Horovitz
Yarden Bibas (R) with his sister Ofri as he eulogizes his wife Shiri and two young sons Kfir and Ariel, at Tsoher Regional Cemetery on February 26, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)
February 26, 2025, 1:53 pm
‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you all’: Yarden Bibas’s eulogy for wife Shiri, sons Ariel and Kfir
His family murdered in Gaza, freed hostage says he misses nibbling on baby Kfir, hopes there are butterflies in heaven for Ariel; asks slain wife: ‘Guard me so I don’t sink into darkness’
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