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Where are the Bibas babies?? Hamas is refusing to say if Ariel, Kfir,or their mother Shiri are still alive. Yet, thankfully, earlier this morning, Yarden Bibas was released from captivity along with two other hostages, Keith Segal and Ofer Kalderon.
Hamas released three more hostages Saturday, including the first American to be freed under the current cease-fire deal and the father of the terror group’s youngest captive.
Yarden Bibas, and Ofer Kalderon, 54, were received in Khan Younis around 8:30 a.m. local time by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has been coordinating the handovers in the Gaza Strip with Hamas.
Keith Siegel, a US-Israeli dual citizen from Chapel Hill, NC, was released nearly two hours later in Gaza City.
“Finally, after 484 long, terrifying days and nights, full of immense worry for our father, we can breathe again,” Siegel’s family said in a statement, according to the Times of Israel.
“Thank you, President Trump, for bringing our father back to us. There are now 79 hostages who are also waiting to be reunited with their loved ones. Our hope rests with you.”
As we know from previous hostage releases, the Hamas terrorists show up in force as each of the hostages is paraded on stage and given “certificates of captivity” and gift bags. The evil behind these PR stunts is just something to behold.
But, they are finally free. The reunions with family members are just heart wrenching and so moving.
“I’m here, I’m here!”
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) February 1, 2025
Ofer Calderon reunites with his partner, Ella Golan. pic.twitter.com/YKfu41zrgg
As we know, Yarden Bibas was filmed by Hamas, and in an extreme act of cruelty seen around the world, was told his wife and babies were dead.
Cruel Hamas terrorists filmed a traumatized Israeli dad’s heartbreaking reaction after he was told his family, including his two young sons, had died — in what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) blasted as “psychological terror.”
The footage, which the group released as a sick propaganda video, shows Yarden Bibas, 34, sobbing and visibly shaken as his captors inform him that his children, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas and 4-year-old Ariel, have been killed along with his wife and wife, Shiri Silverman-Bibas, 32.
Yet, without Yarden knowing, Hamas then claimed Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel were to be returned to Israel, but that the Israeli government had refused.
Are they alive? I’ve been praying they are, as have millions around the world. But the cruelty of the Hamas terrorist organization knows no bounds. They gleefully parade each hostage in front of hostile terrorists and hand them captivity certificates in one last effort to further traumatize them before their release. All while gaining four times as many terrorists for the exchange.
In exchange, Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners, of whom 18 were serving life sentences. The majority had been detained in Gaza since October 7 and had no public charges against them.
Again, where are those precious babies? Where are Ariel, who is now five, and Kfir, who is now two?
Yarden Bibas reunites with his father and sister after 484 days in Gaza. The fate of his wife and two young children remains publicly unknown. pic.twitter.com/u3y6OLdxQu
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) February 1, 2025
For all the hostages who’ve been released, they each will deal with more trauma as they learn the true extent of what Hamas did to Israel on October 7. The things they did to survive their captivity that involved being starved, beaten, moved from one tunnel to another, and more.
Gadi Mozes walked 7km (~4 miles) every day in a 2×2 meter cell while in captivity.
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) January 31, 2025
He also counted tiles and solved math equations to keep his mind sharp.
Gadi spent 482 days alone in conditions out of a horror movie—except this wasn’t a movie. This is reality.
How is the… pic.twitter.com/ziMlSp3xDl
But still, there is trauma. And for Yarden to find out that his beloved wife and two sons might actually be alive… My heart just breaks for him.
Statement from the family of Yarden Bibas:
Yarden is home. A quarter of our heart has returned to us after 15 long months. There are no words to describe the relief of holding Yarden in our hands, embracing him, and hearing his voice. Yarden has returned home, but his home remains incomplete.
Yarden is a father who left his safe room to protect his family, bravely survived captivity, and returned to an unbearable reality.
At this time, we ask: Protect Yarden. Protect his soul. Please respect his privacy and give him the space he needs so that his body and soul can begin to recover.
Thank you to our beautiful people. Thank you to our soldiers. Thank you and we’re sorry to all those who sacrificed their lives so this day could come.
We will take a few days to reunite with Yarden, but we continue with hope and the call for the return of Shiri, the children, and all the hostages. Please continue to make their voices heard and emphasize the urgency of their return.
Help us echo this now more than ever. For Yarden and for everyone. We won’t stop until everyone is home
I’m so thankful that hostages are being released. I am praying that all will come home and especially for those precious babies to be alive and soon reunited with their father. The silence from Hamas however, is deeply concerning.
If those precious babies were killed by Hamas, no quarter should be given, EVER.
Feature Photo Credit: Collage/Brand X Studio; from screenshots.
Cameron says: No more compromising with these monsters. They release all of the hostages or every single palestinian in captivity dies screaming. And then we add the UN people that were helping them.
Scott says: I like the way you think. I’d also add the rest of the Gaza population to your list. With their support of Ham-Ass, as well as assisting them in holding the hostages all this time, they’ve made it clear there are NO innocents in Gaza.
Que says: Dana Silverman Seton, sister of Shiri Bibas, is not optimistic, and is quoted at Substack:
“They didn’t find blood-soaked clothes or a baby’s bottle in the tunnels. The only real evidence is a video of Yarden in captivity, pleading for Shiri and the children to be buried in Israel.
After many conversations, I believe they are no longer alive. It would take a miracle for them to return.
To protect myself, I live as if they are gone. Uncertainty is worse than the truth.
When Yarden’s video came out, I told my kids that Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir were killed to spare them hearing it from others.
When I learned about my parents, I broke down. An IDF officer helped me investigate, and we found someone who recovered their bodies, burned in the kitchen. The state of their bodies made it impossible to know more.
I don’t attend protests or meetings anymore. I live in a bubble, my own reality. In one day, I lost five people. I no longer care what others think of me.”
As much as I want these babies and their mother to be released soon, I no believe that we will see them in this world.
My heart breaks.
Scott says: What a horrific reality to have to live in. Can’t blame her at all for having no faith in the fact that the terrorists would still have those babies alive. Knowing what they did to other babies and mothers that day, how could you believe otherwise.
Truly heartbreaking.
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