Overview
- He published a social media message on Sunday to honor Kfir, apologizing for bringing him into a cruel world and expressing enduring love.
- He recalled that Kfir was evacuated as a newborn during fighting and had tasted solid food, started crawling, and celebrated his brother Ariel’s fourth birthday.
- The family was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas assault, with images of the mother and the two red-haired children becoming emblematic of the hostage crisis.
- Bibas was released on Feb. 1, 2025 after 484 days in Gaza as part of a prisoner exchange, according to The Yeshiva World.
- Israeli authorities later determined that Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir were murdered in captivity, with the children’s remains returned on Feb. 20, 2025 and Shiri’s returned two days later after forensic clarification.