2 days ago · Yarden Bibas, 35, an Israeli citizen who was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip during the Hamas-led massacres in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, was released from Hamas captivity on Saturday.. Bibas ...

1 day ago · Yarden Bibas was released Saturday in the latest hostage swap, exacerbating concerns about his wife, Shiri, and the couple's young children, Kfir and Ariel, who were also kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023.

1 day ago · Hamas said it will release the hostage Yarden Bibas, 35, on Saturday. His wife and children were also taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, but may not have survived. By Erika Solomon They became a ...

1 day ago · Yarden Bibas, held captive by Hamas, will be released on Saturday and return to Israel as part of the Hamas hostage deal, while grave concerns remain for the lives of his wife and two young children, Kfir and Ariel.Israel conveyed a message to Hamas through Qatar and Egypt several days ago, requesting additional information to clarify the status of the Bibas family members who are supposed to ...

In September 2024, a freed hostage claimed to have seen Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon, both hostages from the Nir Or kibbutz in cages while she was in a tunnel under the Gaza Strip. The women stated that she was able to speak with both men during her time there, and the men were released from the cages hours at a time to speak with her.

18 hours ago · Yarden Bibas is back in Israel more than 480 days after Hamas terrorists ripped him from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz and dragged him to the Gaza Strip. Bibas’ return, however, is bittersweet as his wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, remain in Gaza. Their fate is unknown, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has made it ...

1 day ago · Yarden Bibas, 35, who was taken hostage with his family into the Gaza Strip during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, returned to Israel alone. Hamas claimed in November 2023, that his wife, Shiri, 33, and their two children— Ariel, 5 and Kfir, 2—had been killed.

1 day ago · Yarden Bibas’ family said in a statement following his release, “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 the home remains incomplete.

2 days ago · They are Israelis Ofer Kalderon, 53, and Yarden Bibas, 34, and American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65. Mr Bibas is the father of Kfir, the youngest hostage who was 10 months old when he was kidnapped ...

21 hours ago · Hamas gunmen escort Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.