The Israeli Army released this Monday images found in Gaza where it claims to see
Shiri Bibas
, a woman held captive by the Palestinian militias, with her youngest children Ariel and Kfir - a baby of barely one year old - while they were being transported within the Strip on the 7th. of October, on his first day of captivity.
"We are very concerned about the condition and safety of Shiri and the children, and
we are doing everything possible to obtain more information about their fate
," said Army spokesman Daniel Hagari, regarding the case of this Argentine-Israeli family from which His whereabouts or condition are still unknown.
According to him, photos and video images found on a security camera in Gaza show how the mother and her children, surrounded by armed militiamen,
are covered by a cloth by militiamen in Gaza
who move them through the Khan Younis area on December 7. October, the day of the Hamas attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people lost their lives and another 250 were taken hostage to Gaza.
The case of the Bibas family
is one of the best known among the more than 130 Israelis still captive in Gaza
- thirty of them confirmed dead.
Baby Kfir is the youngest hostage remaining in the Strip
, and was taken captive with his four-year-old brother Ariel and his mother, residents of a kibbutz adjacent to Gaza, while the father, Yarden, was kidnapped separately. and also transferred to the enclave.
None of them were freed in the first week-long prisoner release deal in late November, where women and children were largely released, raising concerns among relatives and friends about their situation.
The 12 Argentines kidnapped by Hamas: Iair Horn, Eitan Horn, Ron Sherman, Kfir Bibas, Ariel Bibas, Shiri Silberman Bibas.
Below: Yarden Bibas, Ariel Cunio, David Cunio, Fernando Marman, Luis Har, Lior Rudaeff.
As Hamas announced then, Shiri and her two children were killed by an Israeli bombardment in Gaza
, although Israel assures that it has not been able to verify or confirm this information for now.
According to the Army, the videos it found and released this Monday
show that they did not die at the time of being taken hostage
and arrived alive in the Khan Yunis area of Gaza on October 7.
There, spokesman Hagari added, they remained in the hands of another Palestinian militia present in the Strip, Kataib Mujahideen.
"The images show the terrorists wrapping Shiri and her babies in a sheet, trying to hide them. Little Ariel's red hair can be seen peeking out from the white cloth."
After that,
"they were forced into a car and taken to another place
," Hagari added.
After the information released by the Army, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the images.
"We will bring these kidnappers of babies and mothers to justice
. They will not get away with it," he said in a statement released by his office.
Source: EFE and ANSA
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