Israel says it is checking Hamas claim that ten-month-old baby Kfir Bibas has been killed alongside his mother and brother in Gaza
Israel said today it is investigating Hamas’ claims that Kfir Babis, a baby snatched by the terrorists and taken to Gaza, was killed along with his mother and brother in an Israeli airstrike.
Hamas’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed, without providing evidence, that the 10-month-old baby, his mother Shiri Silberman-Babis, 30, and four-year-old brother Ariel, were killed in an Israeli bombardment before the ceasefire . was announced.
Kfir’s father Yarden, who was taken hostage by the terrorists, was not mentioned in the statement.
The Israeli military said it is investigating Hamas’ claims that the little baby was killed along with his mother and brother while held hostage by the terrorists.
The world had watched in horror on October 7 as images emerged of Hamas terrorists dragging Shiri and her young family from their home on the Nir Oz kibbutz to a waiting car.
Video showed the sobbing mother holding Kfir and Ariel as they were kidnapped, as shocked neighbors shouted: “She has a baby.”
The family had not been heard from since, but there were hopes that Hamas would release them as part of a prisoner swap during the ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist group.
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Hamas has claimed that Kfir Babis, a baby who was snatched and taken to Gaza by the terrorists, was killed along with his mother and brother in an Israeli airstrike before the ceasefire was announced six days ago.
The Bibas family, father Yarden, mother Shiri, baby Kfir and four-year-old Ariel, were captured by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023
The image of the two young boys being carried by their weeping mother, Shiri, as they were marched from their homes was one of the most striking published in the early days of the war between Israel and Hamas. It was hoped they would be released this evening