Shiri Bibas - report

Kidnapped Israeli family in the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
During the 7 October 2023 attacks that began the Gaza war, Palestinian militants kidnapped the Israeli-Argentinian/Peruvian Bibas family from their home at kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel. The family comprised 34-year-old Yarden, his 32-year-old wife Shiri, and their two sons Ariel and Kfir, who were 4 years old and 9 months old respectively. Yarden Bibas was abducted separately from his wife and children. All four were held hostage in the Gaza Strip. Images of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostages in the Gaza war hostage crisis, were circulated widely in Israel and internationally.