Yarden Bibas

Yarden is a sensitive and loving father and husband, and his family means the world to him. He lives in Kibbutz Nir Oz with his wife, Shiri (32) and their two boys, 4-year-old Ariel, and 9-month-old baby Kfir.
In the morning of October 7th, Yarden was texting his sister, Ofri, to tell her what was happening on the kibbutz. Yarden told his sister that there was noise outside and they were having trouble keeping the children quiet, and that he was afraid because the terrorists had automatic weapons.
At 9.45am he texted: "They're inside". Yarden was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7th. His wife, Shiri, was abducted separately from him, along with their two redheaded children, Ariel and Kfir. The terrorists also killed the beloved family dog.
Ofri Bibas said that she wants to believe that the refusal to release her family during the temporary cease-fire agreement in November 2023 is part of Hamas’s psychological warfare.
“We don’t know where they are being held. From what we know, they are kept underground,” said Ofri Bibas.
She called upon the Israeli government, Qatar and Egypt, “everybody who is involved in this negotiation and this deal,” to do everything in their power to include the Bibas family in the ongoing deal, and for them to be freed as soon as possible. “It’s time for them to be released,” she said.
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