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Yarden Bibas

Former hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal will host a program about his favorite music on radio station Kan 88 on April 5, 2026. (Yuval Ofer)
April 5, 2026, 7:04 pm
Ex-hostages host radio shows on songs of strength in captivity
Yarden Bibas, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Amit Soussana to appear on Kan 88 Passover series
By Jessica Steinberg
The 'footprints' of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas in the center of a new memorial at Kibbutz Tzeelim, where Yarden Bibas grew up. The mother and two young boys were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and subsequently murdered in captivity. (Talia Ben Harush)
November 18, 2025, 2:15 pm
Memorial to Shiri Bibas and her sons erected at kibbutz where husband Yarden grew up
Zvika Pasternak’s somber work comprises footprints surrounded by circles; ‘Footprints usually represent a route,’ says the artist. ‘Here, they are trapped, frozen in time’
By Sue Surkes
Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar (left) and other Hamas terrorists abduct Yarden Bibas to Gaza after kidnapping him from his home in Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo)
August 19, 2025, 10:40 pm
IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who took part in kidnapping of Yarden Bibas
Former hostage, whose wife and 2 young kids were murdered in captivity, thanks security forces but stresses full closure will only come when all abductees return
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Release hostage Yarden Bibas speaks to Channel 12, in an interview on May 20, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)
May 21, 2025, 12:09 pm
Released hostage Yarden Bibas says he encountered Yahya Sinwar in tunnel
Bibas, whose family was murdered in captivity, asked to remain with lifelong friend and fellow captive David Cunio; terror chief agreed, though they were later separated
By ToI Staff
The Asufa haggadah for 2025 includes multiple images showing yellow chairs at seder tables, symbolizing the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza. (Philissa Cramer / JTA)
April 12, 2025, 4:29 pm
‘Why are they still there?’ asks Rachel Goldberg-Polin, on 2nd Passover with hostages in Gaza
‘This year there is one question and one question only,’ says mother of slain hostage Hersh, as Jews mark festival of freedom with 59 hostages still held, 24 of them believed alive
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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
Israeli soldiers on the border between Syria and northern Israel, March 14, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 2:17 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 3: Day 545 – IDF conducts deepest ground op into Syria to date
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on more intensive IDF operations inside the Gaza Strip, a trip into Lebanon with Defense Minister Israel Katz and allegations from the UN
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Former hostage Amit Soussana, left, holds her hands over her heart while being applauded after speaking during the International Women of Courage awards ceremony, next to Henriette Da, of Burkina Faso, Georgiana Pascu, of Romania, Major Velena Iga, of Papua New Guinea, and first lady Melania Trump, at the award ceremony, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at the State Department in Washington. S (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
April 2, 2025, 2:10 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 2: Day 544 – Ex-hostages speak their minds about IDF in Gaza
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses comments made by Amit Soussana, Yarden Bibas and others on national platforms, and the growing number of anti-Hamas protesters in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Palestinians attend Eid prayers in Khan Yuni in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 31: Day 542 – IDF tells Gazans to leave Rafah, Trump threatens Iran
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses Gaza, Iran and the rise in rhetoric, as reporter Sue Surkes describes challenges facing Kibbutz Kfar Aza residents
By Jessica Steinberg, David Horovitz and Sue Surkes
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
From left to right: Freed hostages Aviva Siegel, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Iair Horn, Yocheved Lifshitz and Sasha Troufanov attend a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 11:19 pm
‘They’re not just posters, they’re people’: Freed hostages urge deal to save those left behind
Families fear resumed war could be fatal for loved ones; Sasha Troufanov asks ‘why are we abandoning them’; Yarden Bibas say he’s ‘petrified’ for his friends; Noa Argamani pleads to save every soul
By Jessica Steinberg and Noam Lehmann
Bereaved families, hostages' families and survivors of the October 7 massacre react as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a 40-signatures debate in the Knesset, March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 5, 2025, 4:44 pm
Why Netanyahu must accept Yarden Bibas’s noble invitation, and also back state probe of Oct. 7
‘If we do not look the disaster in the eye, we will not be able to recover,’ the bereaved father and husband wrote, urging the PM to join him when he returns to his kibbutz home
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)
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
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)
March 2, 2025, 11:27 pm
Yarden Bibas joins hundreds of families of Oct. 7 victims demanding state inquiry
1,500 survivors of captivity, families of hostages have signed on to ‘October Committee’ calling for highest-level independent probe of failures surrounding Hamas attack
By ToI Staff
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