PREVIEW

This security footage shows the Bibas family, mum Shiri and her children Ariel, four, and Kfir, one, being kidnapped and transported on 7 October 2023 in Eastern Khan Yunis in Gaza, according to Israeli officials. It was released on Monday (19February2024).

At a press briefing, IDF Spokesman Rear-Admiral Daniel Hagari said that during the atrocities of 7 October, Shiri was kidnapped with her children and brought to an outpost in Khan Yunis, where they were detained by a terror group by the name of Kataib Mujahadin.
There, she was forced into a vehicle with her children and onto a different location.
"From the information available to us, we are concerned for the safety of Shiri and the children, and we will not rest or rest until we bring them home," Hagari added.
Following the press briefing, the family said in a statement, reported by the Jerusalem Post: "These videos tear our hearts out. Witnessing Shiri, Yarden, Ariel and Kfir, ripped away from their home in Nir Oz into this hellscape, feels unbearable and inhumane.
"Kidnapping children is a crime against humanity and a war crime. Ariel and Kfir are victims of monstrous evil. Our whole family has become hostages along with all the hostages.
"We desperately call on all decision-makers in Israel and worldwide involved in negotiations: Bring them home immediately. Make it clear to Hamas that taking children is beyond the pale. Prioritize the return of these children first and foremost in any agreement.
"We want to thank the public in Israel and worldwide who support us, and ask you to continue the struggle for their return home," it concluded.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in response: "We will bring these kidnappers of babies and mothers to justice. They won't get away with it."
The Bibas family has become some of the more prominent of the more than 100 Israeli hostages in Gaza supporters are demanding be brought home. At just 10 months old at the time of his kidnapping by Hamas or an affiliated group, Kfir was the youngest hostage kidnapped during the atrocities that killed an estimated 1,200 Israelis. This has brought a deadly war to Gaza resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians.